Nummus - Maximinus II GENIO AVGVSTI; Nicomedia
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Maximinus II (311-313)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 311-313 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (¼) |
| Currency | Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 5.4 g |
| Diameter | 21 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 555182 |
| References | RIC VI# 74b 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 Maximinus II right, laureate.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG
Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Galerius Valerius Maximinus Pius Felix Augustus.
Translation: Emperor Caesar Galerius Maximinus, pious and fortunate emperor.
Reverse
Genius standing left, wearing modiuson head, naked but chlamys draped over left shoulder, holding cornucopia in left hand and in right hand a patera from which liquor is flowing above lit altar.
Star above officina letter in right field.
Mintmark in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering: GENIO A-VGVSTI
Translation: To the genius (guardian) of the emperor.
Mint
| SMN | Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (311-313) | 1st Officina (Α; SMN) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (311-313) | 2nd Officina (Β; SMN) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (311-313) | 3rd Officina (Γ; SMN) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (311-313) | 4th Officina (Δ; SMN) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (311-313) | 5th Officina (Є; SMN) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (311-313) | 6th Officina (ς; SMN) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (311-313) | 7th Officina (S; SMN) | ||||||||||||||
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