Nummus - Constantinus I IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG; Heraclea

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) (306-337)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 313
Value Nummus (1⁄7200)
Currency Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.8 g
Diameter 22 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
116854
References RIC VI# 75,
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) (1967 reprinted edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
OCRE# ric.6.her.75
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Laureate head of Constantinus right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS PF AVG

Translation: Imp (-erator) C (-aesar) Fl (-avius) Val (-erius) Constantinus P (-ius) F (-elix) Aug (-ustus) : "Emperor Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantinus, Pious, Blessed August".

Reverse

Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with wreath in beak at feet; officina letter in right field. Mintmark SMHT. Lettering: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG
ϵ
SMHT

Translation:
Jovi Consevatori Augg (= augustorum) :
"To Zeus Preserver of the Augusts".
S (-acra) M (-oneta) H (-eraclea) T (-hracica) :
"Sacred Currency of Heraclea in Thracia".

Edge

Gross

Mint

SMH Heraclea, modern-day Marmara Ereğli, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (313) SMHT ∈ 29% 5th officina
ND (313) SMHT A 0% 1st officina
ND (313) SMHT B 13% 2nd officina
ND (313) SMHT Γ 58% 3rd officina
ND (313) SMHT Δ 4% 4th officina

Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this coin. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%.

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