Nummus - Galerius as Caesar head only, C VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, LON, Londinium

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Issuer	Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year	297
Type	Standard circulation coin
Value	Nummus / Follis (1/4)
Currency	Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	9.25 g
Dimensions	28.5 mm
Thickness
Shape and Technique	Round (irregular) Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s)	RIC VI#4b, OCRE#ric.6.lon.4b

Obverse description	Head of Galerius, laureate, right
Obverse script	Latin
Obverse lettering	C VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB C (Translation: Caius Valerius Maximianus most noble Caesar)
Reverse description	Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand. Mintmark in exergue.
Reverse script	Latin
Reverse lettering	GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI LON (Translation: To the genius (guardian) of the Roman people. London.)
Edge	Smooth
Mint	LON Londinium / Augusta, modern-day London, United Kingdom
Mintage	ND (297) - -
Catalog ID	9652484140
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