Nummus - Maxentius AETERNITAS AVG N; Ostia
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Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Maxentius (306-312)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 309-312 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (¼) |
| Currency | Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 6.27 g |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 463446 |
| References | RIC VI# 16 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 Maxentius, laureate, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG
Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus.
Translation: Supreme Commander Caesar Maxentius, pious, successful emperor.
Reverse
Castor and Pollux, wearing caps, nude, chlamys draped over shoulders, standing facing each other, both leaning on sceptre with outer hand and holding bridled horse with inner hand; between, wolf and twins, standing left
Script: Latin
Lettering: AETE-RNITAS - AVG N or AETE-RNITAS A-VG N or AET-ERNITAS - AVG N or AET-ERNITAS A-VG N
Unabridged legend: Aeternitas Augustorum.
Translation: [Dedicated to the] eternity of the emperor.
Mint
| MOST | Ostia, modern-day Rome, Italy (308-313) |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (309-312) | 1st Officina (MOSTA) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (309-312) | 2nd Officina (MOSTB) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (309-312) | 3rd Officina (MOSTΓ) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (309-312) | 4th Officina (MOSTΔ) | ||||||||||||||
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