Nummus - Diocletian GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Thessalonica
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Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (284-305)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 302-303 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (¼) |
| Currency | Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 6.76 g |
| Diameter | 27.8 mm |
| Thickness | 2.4 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 229851 |
| References | RIC VI# 25a 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.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Laureate head right
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG
Reverse
Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder (falls low), holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopiae;
officina in right field
Script: Latin
Lettering: GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI
Mint
| °TS° ∈ | Thessalonica, Macedonia, modern-day Thessaloniki, Greece |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (302-303) °TS° ∈ | 5th officina (∈) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (302-303) °TS° Γ | 3rd officina (Γ) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (302-303) °TS° Δ | 4th officina (Δ) | ||||||||||||||
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