★ Very rare and historic ★

INVASION COINAGE: Maximianus (285-305), AE follis, issued c. 294-296. Continental mint (Lyons or Boulogne?), 8.85g, 27mm. Very rare (only 1 example on acsearch; other alleged examples are misidentified.)
Obv: IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; Laureate, truncated, bare neck bust right.
Rev: GENIO POPV–LI ROMANI; Genius standing, facing left, head surmounted by a modius, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left arm.
RIC VI 14b (Lugdunum).
From the James Pickering Romano-Britannic Collection (please see lot 122 for details).
See lot 125 for historical context.