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Nummus - Maximianus I GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Lugdunum

Nummus - Maximianus I (GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Lugdunum) - obverseNummus - Maximianus I (GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Lugdunum) - reverse

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Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Severus II (Flavius Valerius Severus) (306-307)
Maximian Herculius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus) (286-305)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 286-305
Value Nummus / Follis (¼)
Currency Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324)
Composition Bronze
Weight 8.90 g
Diameter 28.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
465189
References RIC VI# 206
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.lug.206
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Maximian, laureate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DN MAXIMIANO P F S AVG

Unabridged legend: Dominus Noster Maximiano Baeatissimo Senior Augustus.

Translation: To Our Lord Maximian I, the most blessed senior emperor.

Reverse

Genius, wearing modius, nude, loins draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; to left, altar.
Letter in right field.
Officina and mintmark in exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI
N

Unabridged legend: Genio Populi Romani.

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

Mint

LG Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (286-305)  1st Officina (PLC)

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