Antoninianus - Diocletianus VICTORIA AVG; Victory

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	285-295
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 305942
References	RIC V.2# 182C 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.182 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar, Caius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Gaius Valerius Diocletian, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Victory, winged, draped, walking left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VICTORIA AVG
-/-//XXIA

Translation:
Victoria Augusti.
Victory of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (285-295)												"XXIA" in exergue;

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