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Nummus - Maximianus GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Alexandria
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 300 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Maximianus facing right, rendered with characteristic Tetrarchic stylization featuring a short beard and strongly modeled features. The emperor's radiate laurel wreath frames the portrait with sharp, spiky rays, while the cuirass is visible at the truncation. The surrounding Latin legend runs clockwise along the coin's periphery, identifying the emperor by his full titulature. The die work reflects the bold, somewhat schematized portraiture typical of the Alexandrian mint during the Diocletianic reform coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The Genius of the Roman People stands facing left, depicted as a nude youth wearing a modius (grain measure) on his head and a chlamys draped over his left shoulder. He extends his right hand to pour a libation from a patera, from which liquid occasionally flows, while his left hand bears a cornucopiae. A value mark appears in the left field and an officina letter in the right field, with the mint abbreviation ALE inscribed in the exergue. The composition adheres closely to the standardized Tetrarchic Genius type established under Diocletian's monetary reform, with the reverse legend split across the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI or GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI XXI (Translation: To the genius of the Roman people.) |
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