Aureus - Diocletianus CONSVL V P P PROCOS

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	293-295
Value	Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 306154
References	RIC V.2# 309 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.309 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Diocletian, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS

Translation:
Diocletianus Augustus.
Emperor (Augustus) Diocletian.

Reverse

Diocletian, draped, cuirassed, holding globe in right hand and sometimes parazonium.

Scripts: Latin, Greek

Lettering:
CONSVL V P P PROCOS
-/-//SMA(rev. Σ)

Translation:
Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae, Proconsul.
Consul for the fifth time, father of the nation, proconsul.

Mint

Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (293-295)												"SMA(rev. Σ)" in exergue;

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