Nummus - Diocletianus GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Siscia
© Rui Moreira
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (284-305)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 296 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (¼) |
| Currency | Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 8.77 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 211757 |
| References | RIC VI# 95a 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 Diocletian, laureate, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG
Reverse
Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.
Officina letter in right field.
Mintmark in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI or
GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI or
GENIO POP-VL-I ROMANI or
GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI
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Mint
| SIS | Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (296) | 1st Officina (A) | 30% | |||||||||||||
| ND (296) | 2nd Officina (B) | 40% | |||||||||||||
| ND (296) | 3rd Officina (Γ) | 20% | |||||||||||||
| ND (296) | 4th Officina (Δ) | 0% | |||||||||||||
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