Nummus - Diocletianus SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR; Aquileia
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (284-305)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 301 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (¼) |
| Currency | Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 10 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 101535 |
| References | RIC VI# 31a Harold Mattingly, Percy H. Webb, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 6. From Diocletian's Reform (AD 294) to the Death of Maximinus (AD 313) (Reprint). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. Description historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire Romain. Paris, France (13 volumes). |
Obverse
Head of Diocletianus, right, laureate.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG
Translation:
Imperator Caesar Diocletianus Pius Felix Augustus
(Emperor Caesar Diocletianus Pious Happy August)
Reverse
Moneta standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.
V in right field.
Mintmark in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR
| V
AQS
Translation:
Sacra Moneta Augustorum Et Caesarum Nostrorum
(Holy Moneta of our Augusts and our Caesars)
Edge
Plain
Comments
Struck in 301 by 1st and 2nd officina only. The field-mark V does not represent the officina but the fifth issue of this type of coin.
RIC lists several variants given obverse lettering and the cut or not in the obverse lettering after AVGG, while Cohen groups all variants under the same #435.
RIC lists several variants given obverse lettering and the cut or not in the obverse lettering after AVGG, while Cohen groups all variants under the same #435.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (301) AQP | Aquileia, 1st officina | 64% | |||||||||||||
| ND (301) AQS | Aquileia, 2nd officina | 36% | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 87
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