Nummus - Maximinus II GENIO IMPERATORIS; Heraclea
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Galerius (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus) (305-311)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 308-309 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (¼) |
| Currency | Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 6.3 g |
| Diameter | 24.83 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 243993 |
| References | RIC VI# 38 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 Maximinus Daia, laureate, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES
Unabridged legend: Galerius Valerius Maximinus Nobilissimus Caesar.
Translation: Galerius Valerius Maximian, Most Noble Caesar.
Reverse
Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding with right hand a patera from which liquid flows and in left hand a cornucopia.
Mintmark and officina between dots in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering: GENIO IMPERATORIS
Translation: To the Guardian Spirit of the Emperor.
Edge
Plain
Mint
| •HTB• | Heraclea, modern-day Marmara Ereğli, Turkey |
Comments
Coin struck by Maximian II while Casear, under authority of Galerius.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (308-309) | 1st Officina (•HTA•) | 25% | |||||||||||||
| ND (308-309) | 2nd Officina (•HTB•) | 25% | |||||||||||||
| ND (308-309) | 3rd Officina (•HTΔ•) | 25% | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 90
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