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Nummus - Diocletian GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Heraclea

Nummus - Diocletian (GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Heraclea) - obverseNummus - Diocletian (GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Heraclea) - reverse

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Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (284-305)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 296-297
Value Nummus / Follis (¼)
Currency Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324)
Composition Bronze
Weight 9.2 g
Diameter 27.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
392540
References RIC VI# 17a
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.her.17a
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Diocletian, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG

Reverse

Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from patera in right hand and holding cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI or
GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI

Mint

HT Heraclea, modern-day Marmara Ereğli, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (296-297)  1st Officina (HTA)
ND (296-297)  2nd Officina (HTB)
ND (296-297)  3rd Officina (HTΓ)
ND (296-297)  4th Officina (HTΔ)
ND (296-297)  5th Officina (HT∈)
ND (296-297)  6th Officina (HTς)

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