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Antoninianus - Diocletianus P M TR P VIII COS IIII P P

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (284-305)
Maximian Herculius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus) (286-305)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 292-294
Value Antoninianus (1)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.5 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
305556
References RIC V.2# 5C
Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1933. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.2. Marcus Aurelius Probus – Maximian (AD 276–310). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.5.dio.5
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Diocletian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Diocletianus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Diocletian emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Lion, walking left, holding thunderbolt in its mouth.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
P M TR P VIII COS IIII P P
-/-//A*

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Octava, Consul Quartum, Pater Patriae.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the eighth time, consul for the fourth time, father of the nation.

Mint

Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (292-294)  "A*" in exergue;

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