Antoninianus - Diocletianus PAXX AVGG; Minerva

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman 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	292-288
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 305687
References	RIC V.2# 62 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.62 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP DIOCLETIANVS P AVG

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

Reverse

Minerva, helmeted, draped, standing left, holding olive-branch in right hand and spear in left hand, leaning on shield.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PAXX AVGG
*/-//A

Translation:
Pax Duorum Augustorum.
Peace of the two emperors (Augusti).

Mint

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

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (292-288)												"*" in left field; "A" in exergue;

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