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Description: | A complete, Roman, struck or hammered, copper alloy Nummus or Billon Follis of Diocletian. Obverse: Draped, Laureate bust right. Inscription: DIOCL(ETIAN) PFA[VG]. Reverse: Genius standing Inscription: [GENIO POPVLI](R)OMANI. Die axis: 12 o'clock. The eccentric flan might suggest a barbarious imitation. The coin is is fine condition with an irregular shaped or corroded flan. There is green surface patina with some brown surface corrosion, this coin is likely to date to 284-305AD. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2011, page 60 No. 582. The coin is 28.62mnm long, 21.96mm wide, 2.32mm thick, diameter 28.62mm and weighs 5.2g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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