Argenteus - Diocletian VICTORIAE SARMATICAE; Nicomedia
© Münzkarbinett Winterthur
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (284-305)
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| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 295 |
| Value | Argenteus (1) |
| Currency | Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 3.13 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 391718 |
| References | RIC VI# 25a Harold Mattingly, Percy H. Webb, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 6. From Diocletian's Reform (AD 294) to the Death of Maximinus (AD 313) (Reprint). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Laureate head, Diocletian, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: DIOCLETIANVS AVG
Unabridged legend: DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS
Translation: The emperor Diocletian
Reverse
Four turreted fort with gate open and doors thrown back, star above the gate opening.
Script: Latin
Lettering: VICTORIAE SARMATICAE
Translation: Victories over the Sarmatians.
Mint
| SMN | Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (295) | Mintmark (SMNΓ) | ||||||||||||||
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