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 type: London, Treveri (Trier), Lugdunum (Lyons), Ticinum, Aquileia, Rome, Siscia, Serdica, Thessalonica, Heraclea, Nicomedia, Cyzicus, Antioch, 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 Trier. Maximian at Cyzicus. 2022, August 6: Maximinus II at Antioch.
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 |
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 |
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, Diocletian | Ticinum, Maximian | Ticinum, Constantius | Ticinum, Galerius |
Ticinum, rulers after the First Tetrarchy.
Constantine as Augustus, Ticinum |
Diocletian, Aquileia | Maximian, Aquileia | Constantius, Aquileia |
Diocletian, Rome | Maximian, Rome | Constantius, Rome | Constantius, Rome |
Galerius, Rome |
Rome, rulers after the First Tetrachy:
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Constantine, Rome as Augustus |
Maximinus II, Rome as Augustus |
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 |
Diocletian, Heraclea | Maximian, Heraclea | Constantius as Caesar Heraclea |
Constantius as Augustus |
Galerius, Heraclea | Galerius, Heraclea |
Heraclea, rulers after the First Tetrachy:
Severus II as Caesar Heraclea |
Maximinus II as Caesar Heraclea |
Constantine as Caesar Heraclea |
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 |
Diocletian, Cyzicus | Maximian, Cyzicus | Maximian, Cyzicus | Constantius as Augustus Cyzicus |
Galerius as Augustus Cyzicus |
Severus II as Augustus |
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 |
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 |
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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