Nummus - Constantius I GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN; Cyzicus
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Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
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|---|---|
| Emperor |
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (284-305)
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| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 295-296 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (¼) |
| Currency | Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 8.9 g |
| Diameter | 26.7 mm |
| Thickness | 2.4 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 319329 |
| References | RIC VI# 9a 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 Constantius I, right, laureate.
Script: Latin
Lettering: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES
Unabridged legend: Falvius Valerius Constantius Nobilissimus Caesar
Translation: Flavius Valerius Constantius, most noble caesar.
Reverse
Genius standing left, wearing modius on head, nude but chlamys draped over left shoulder, holding cornucopia in left hand and with right hand a patera from which is flowing liquor; mint and officina letters in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering: GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN
Unabridged legend: Genio Duorum Augustorum et Caesarum Nostrorum
Translation: To the Genius of our two augusts and caesars.
Mint
| K | Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
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| ND (295-296) KA | 1st officina | 0% | |||||||||||||
| ND (295-296) KB | 2nd officina | 100% | |||||||||||||
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