Antoninianus - Diocletianus VIRTVS AVGG; Jupiter

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	287-288
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.3 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 305753
References	RIC V.2# 93C 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.93 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar, Caius Valerius Diocletianus Pius Felix Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Gaius Valerius Diocletian, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Jupiter, standing right, holding sceptre in right hand and thunderbolt in left hand, facing Hercules, standing left, holding club in right hand and lion's skin.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VIRTVS AVGG
A//-

Translation:
Virtus Augustorum.
Courage of the emperors (Augusti).

Mint

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

Comments

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (287-288)												"A" in field;
ND (287-288)												"A" in field; "SML" in exergue;

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