★ Rare imitation ★

Diocletian (284-305) imitation follis, after 303. Unofficial mint, 4.31g, 27-30mm.
Obv: IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG; Laureate bust right.
Rev. GEMO POPV-LI ROMNNI; The Genius of the Roman people, nude but for chlamys, standing front, head to left, wearing kalathos and sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar with his right hand and holding cornucopiae in his left. S-F in fields, IRI in ex.
Imitating RIC VI 522 (Trier)
From the Caesar_Augustus collection

Early imitation folles are rare, by contrast with imitations of Constantinian era coins. A very interesting example!