Nummus - Diocletian GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Alexandria
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (284-305)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 295-296 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (¼) |
| Currency | Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 9.14 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 537056 |
| References | RIC VI# 20 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 Domitius Domitianus, laureate, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP C L DOMITIVS DOMITIANVS AVG
Reverse
Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and holding cornucopiae in left hand; liquid sometimes flowing from patera; at feet to left, eagle holding wreath in its beak.
Officina letter in right field.
Mintmark in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI
B
ALE
Mint
| ALE | Alexandria (ancient), Egypt (332 BC - 476 AD) |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (295-296) ALE | 1st Officina (A) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (295-296) ALE | 2nd Officina (B) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (295-296) ALE | 3rd Officina (Γ) | ||||||||||||||
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