GENIO POPVLI ROMANI portrait coins of the tetrarchies, arranged by mint
Struck c. 294-306.

   (To see them arranged by emperor, use these links: Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius, Galerius, or other later emperors.)

Click the image to see both sides of the coin.

All the mints for this typeLondon, Treveri (Trier), Lugdunum (Lyons), Ticinum, Aquileia, Rome, Siscia, Serdica, Thessalonica, Heraclea, Nicomedia, CyzicusAntioch, Alexandria. [Carthage and Ostia are also in RIC volume VI, but neither minted this type.]

Note:  This page lacks images of at least a dozen common emperor and mint combinations. It does not mean they are rare; it just means I don't happen to have that combination to show here.  Click here for a table listing all emperor and mint combinations


What's new?  2023, Aug. 7:  Maximinus II as Caesar at Lyons
     2023, Feb. 22: Constantius as Caesar from Aquileia
    2023, Jan. 30:  Galerius as Augustus from Cyzicus
    2022,  Nov. 3: Coins from the rulers after the First Tetrarchy have been added (by mint, right after the coins of the First Tetrarchy rulers) .  
    2022, August 30:  Constantius as Caesar at Heraclea. 2022, August 16: Maximian at TrierMaximian at Cyzicus. 2022, August 6: Maximinus II at Antioch.

London:

London, Diocletian London, Diocletian London, Diocletian London, Maximian 
London, Maximian London, Maximian London, Constantius London, Galerius

London, rulers after the First Tetrarchy:

Severus II, London
as Caesar
Maximinus II, London
 as Caesar   

Trier:


Diocletian, Trier Diocletian, Trier Diocletian, Trier Maximian, Trier
Maximian, Trier Maximian, Trier
 left-facing
Constantius, Trier   Galerius, Trier

Trier, rulers after the First Tetrachy:

Severus II, Trier
 as Caesar
Maximinus II, Trier
as Caesar
 Constantine, Trier
as Caesar


 

Lyons (Lugdunum):

Diocletian, Lyons Maximian, Lyons  Constantius, Lyons Constantius, Lyons
 Galerius, Lyons  Galerius, Lyons

Lyons, rulers after the First Tetrarchy.

          

Constantine as Caesar
           Lyons              
Maximinus II as Caesar
          Lyons             
Severus II as Caesar
           Lyons                


Ticinum

 
Ticinum, Diocletian  Ticinum, Maximian Ticinum, Constantius  Ticinum, Galerius     

Ticinum, rulers after the First Tetrarchy.

Constantine as Augustus, Ticinum  



Aquileia:

Diocletian, Aquileia Maximian, Aquileia Constantius, Aquileia



Rome:

Diocletian, Rome  Maximian, Rome   Constantius, Rome Constantius, Rome
Galerius, Rome

Rome, rulers after the First Tetrachy:

 

Constantine, Rome
  as Augustus
Maximinus II, Rome
as Augustus

Siscia:

Diocletian, Siscia

Maximian, Siscia

 

Serdica(Note:  RIC says Serdica opened "c. 303-4" with personnel from Thessalonica so it did not mint these for as long as the other mints did.)
 

Diocletian, Serdica
Maximian, Serdica Constantius, Serdica Galerius as Caesar
              Serdica            
Galerius as Augustus
       Serdica           

Serdica, rulers after the First Tetrarchy:   

 Severus II as Caesar
            Serdica                
Maximinus II as Caesar Serdica


Thessalonica(RIC says it opened c. 298/9 and closed c. 303 when it was moved to Serdica, closer to the Danube border.)
 

Diocletian, Thessalonica
Maximian, Thessalonica Maximian, Thessalonica Galerius, Thessalonica Galerius, Thessalonica

Heraclea:  

Diocletian, Heraclea Maximian, Heraclea Constantius as Caesar
Heraclea

Constantius as Augustus
Heraclea

Galerius, Heraclea Galerius, Heraclea

Heraclea, rulers after the First Tetrachy:

      Severus II as Caesar
                Heraclea
  Maximinus II as Caesar
               Heraclea
     Constantine as Caesar
               Heraclea

Nicomedia:

Diocletian, Nicomedia Maximian, Nicomedia Constantius, Nicomedia Galerius as Caesar
 Nicomedia
Galerius as Augustus
Nicomedia

Nicomedia, rulers after the First Tetrarchy: 

Maximinus II as Caesar
Nicomedia

Cyzicus:

Diocletian, Cyzicus Maximian, Cyzicus Maximian, Cyzicus Constantius as Augustus
 Cyzicus 
Galerius as Augustus
 Cyzicus

Severus II as Augustus
Cyzicus

 


Antioch

Diocletian, Antioch Diocletian, Antioch Maximian, Antioch Constantius, Antioch
Constantius as Augustus
Antioch
Galerius as Caesar
Antioch
Galerius as Augustus
Antioch
 Maximinus II, Antioch
Diocletian, Antioch

Antioch, rulers after the First Tetrachy: 

Severus II as Caesar
Antioch
Maximinus II as Caesar
Antioch

 

Alexandria:

Diocletian, Alexandria Diocletian, Alexandria         Diocletian, Alexandria 
  under Domitius Domitianus    
Maximian, Alexandria  
Maximian, Alexandria   Maximian, Alexandria 
   under Domitius Domitianus
Constantius, Alexandria            Constantius, Alexandria           
Galerius, Alexandria

Alexandia, other rulers: 

Domitius Domitianus
Alexandria

Constantine as Augustus
Alexandria (This type is smaller)

Licinius, Alexandria, (This type is smaller)

 

Distinguishing Maximian from Galerius.  Using only the legend this can be tricky. Both used "MAXIMIANVS" in their legends. Here is a page explaining the differences in legends. Study the page you are on and you can see there is a difference in their portraits. 
 


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