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Diocletian AE Follis Antioch AD 304-305
Obverse: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG, laureate bust right
Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from patera in right hand and holding cornucopia in left hand, S in right field
Mintmark ANT•
RIC VI Antioch 58A
**VERY RARE, POSSIBLE 5th KNOWN WITH OFFICNA S**
This is the very LAST issue of this type for Diocletian from Antioch before his abdication in AD 305; according to OCRE, officina S should not exist for this type, however there is a known officina of ς that at times can resemble an S, but on the 5 known examples, including this specimen, the officina is quite clearly an S; the other 4 example are all in the collection of either the British Museum or the Ashmolean Museum respectively; the edges of this coin appear to have been hammered at some point in its life, whether for a type of gaming piece or perhaps for jewelry, but still quite rare and interesting!
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