Nummus - Diocletianus GENIO POPVLV ROMANVM, Cyzicus

€60,605.00

Issuer	Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year	297-299
Type	Standard circulation coins
Value	Nummus / Follis (1/4)
Currency	Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	8.4 g
Dimensions	26.59 mm
Thickness	2.02 mm
Shape and Technique	Round (irregular) Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s)	RIC VI#12a, OCRE#ric.6.cyz.12a

Obverse description	Large head of Diocletian, laureate, right.
Obverse script	Latin
Obverse lettering	IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG (Translation: Supreme Commander Caesar Caius Valerius Diocletian pious successful emperor.)
Reverse description	Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from patera in right hand and holding cornucopiae in left hand. Mintmark and officina in exergue.
Reverse script	Latin
Reverse lettering	GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI or GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI (Translation: To the Genuis of the Roman people.)
Edge	Rough
Mint
Mintage	ND (297-299) - 2nd Officina (KB) - ND (297-299) - 3rd Officina (KΓ) - ND (297-299) - 4th Officina (KΔ) - ND (297-299) - 5th Officina (Kε) - ND (297-299) - 6th Officina (Kς) -
Catalog ID	8848507450
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