- Almost Uncirculated Constantius I, as Caesar, Roman Empire billon nummus or follis coin.
- Struck as Caesar between 295 to 299 CE at the Cyzicus Mint, mint mark K, officina B.
- S-14032, approx 28mm.
- Well struck with superb portrait and some original silvering, very appealing in hand.
- Certified by NGC to AU Silvering.
- Obverse: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head of Constantius I right.
- Reverse: GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius wearing modius standing left holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia, KB in exergue.
- Genius is the individual instance of a general divine nature that is present in every individual person, place, or thing.
- Much like a guardian angel, the genius would follow each man from the hour of his birth until the day he died. It was extremely important in the Roman mind to propitiate the appropriate genii for the major undertakings and events of their lives.
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