Nummus - Severus II GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Serdica
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Galerius (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus) (305-311)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 305-306 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (¼) |
| Currency | Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 6.88 g |
| Diameter | 27.0 mm |
| Thickness | 2.50 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 322846 |
| References | RIC VI# Serdica 13a 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
Head of Severus II right, laureate.
Script: Latin
Lettering: FL VAL SEVERVS NOB CAESAR
Unabridged legend: Flavius Valerius Severus nobilis caesar
Translation: The noble caesar Flavius Valerius Severus
Reverse
Genius standing left, wearing modius on head, nude but chlamys draped over left shoulder, holding cornucopiae in left hand and with right hand a patera from which flows liquor; mintmark in exergue, officina letter in right field.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI
A
• SM • SD •
Translation: To Genius of the Roman People
Mint
| • SM • SD • | Serdica, Thrace, modern-day Sophia, Bulgaria |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (305-306) •SM•SD• ∈ | 5th officina | ||||||||||||||
| ND (305-306) •SM•SD• A | 1st officina | ||||||||||||||
| ND (305-306) •SM•SD• B | 2nd officina | ||||||||||||||
| ND (305-306) •SM•SD• Γ | 3rd officina | ||||||||||||||
| ND (305-306) •SM•SD• Δ | 4th officina | ||||||||||||||
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