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Nummus - Severus II SEVERVS NOBILISSIMVS CAES; GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Londinium

Nummus - Severus II (SEVERVS NOBILISSIMVS CAES; GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Londinium) - obverseNummus - Severus II (SEVERVS NOBILISSIMVS CAES; GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Londinium) - reverse

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Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Constantius I Chlorus (Flavius Valerius Constantius) (305-306)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 305-307
Value Nummus / Follis (¼)
Currency Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324)
Composition Bronze
Weight 9.4 g
Diameter 24 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
370782
References RIC VI# 59a
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.59a
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Severus II, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from front

Script: Latin

Lettering: SEVERVS NOBILISSIMVS CAES

Translation: Severus most noble Caesar

Reverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI

Translation: To Genius (guardian spirit) of the Roman People.

Edge

Plain.

Mint

Londinium / Augusta, modern-day London, United Kingdom

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (305-307) 

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