Nummus - Galerius VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN; Aquileia
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Constantius I Chlorus (Flavius Valerius Constantius) (305-306)
Galerius (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus) (305-311) |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 305-306 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (¼) |
| Currency | Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 10.45 g |
| Diameter | 29.0 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 534715 |
| References | RIC VI# 69 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
Bust of Galerius, laureate, helmeted, cuirassed, left, holding spear (or sceptre) over right shoulder and shield on left arm
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG
Unabridged legend: Imperator Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus.
Translation: Emperor Maximianus, Pious and Fortunate Augustus
Reverse
Galerius, draped, cuirassed, galloping left over three fallen horseman, striking downwards with spear in right hand and holding shield on left arm; on ground, another enemy, prostrate .
Mintmark and officina in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering: VIRTVS AV-GG ET CAESS NN
Unabridged legend: Virtus Augustorum et Caesarum Nostrorum.
Translation: The virtue of our Emperors and Caesars.
Mint
| AQ | Aquileia, Italy |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (305-306) | 2nd Officina (AQS) | ||||||||||||||
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