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Nummus - Diocletian Cuirassed, IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Londinium

Nummus - Diocletian (Cuirassed, IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Londinium) - obverseNummus - Diocletian (Cuirassed, IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Londinium) - reverse

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Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Maximian Herculius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus) (286-305)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 298-300
Value Nummus / Follis (¼)
Currency Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324)
Composition Bronze
Weight 10.65 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
212817
References RIC VI# 6a
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.
, OCRE# ric.6.lon.6a
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Diocletian, laureate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG

Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Diocletian, Pius Felix Augustus

Translation: Emperor Caesar Diocletian, pius fortunate Augustus

Reverse

Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.
No mintmark.

Script: Latin

Lettering: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI

Translation:
To Genius, guardian spirit of the Roman people.
London.

Mint

Londinium / Augusta, modern-day London, United Kingdom

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