Nummus - Galerius IMP C MAXIMIANVS PIVS F AVG; GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Londinium

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman 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	9.47 g
Diameter	28 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 456671
References	RIC VI# 40a var. 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.40a Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Galerius, laureate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C MAXIMIANVS PIVS F AVG

Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus.

Translation: Supreme Commander Caesar Maximianus (Galerius), pious, successful emperor.

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

Unabridged legend: Genio Populi Romani.

Translation: To the Genius (guardian) of the Roman people.

Mint

Londinium / Augusta, modern-day London, United Kingdom

Comments

Not in RIC. RML (Roman Mint of London by Ken Elks) 104 (this coin cited); C&T (Cloke and Toone) 4.03.001.3 (this coin cited and illustrated).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (305-307)

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