Nummus - Galeria Valeria VENERI VICTRICI CMH; Nicomedia
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Galerius (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus) (305-311)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 308-310 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (¼) |
| Currency | Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 6.12 g |
| Diameter | 26.7 mm |
| Thickness | 2.0 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 302874 |
| References | RIC VI# 58 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
Bust of Galeria Valeria facing, head to right, diademed, wearing embroidered robe and necklace.
Script: Latin
Lettering: GAL VALERIA AVG
Translation: Galeria Valeria Augusta: The august Galeria Valeria.
Reverse
Venus standing facing, head left, holding up apple with extended right hand, raising drapery over left shoulder with left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: VENERI VICTRICI CMH
Translation: Veneri Victrici: To Venus the victorious.
Mint
| SMN | Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey |
Comments
CMH refers to a mark of value: one hundred sestertius (C) for 48 (MH, customary Greek numeral system) coins to the pound.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (308-310) SMN∆ | 4th officina | ||||||||||||||
| ND (308-310) SMNA | 1st officina | ||||||||||||||
| ND (308-310) SMNB | 2nd officina | ||||||||||||||
| ND (308-310) SMNΓ | 3rd officina | ||||||||||||||
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