Antoninianus - Diocletianus IOVI CONSERVAT; eagle; Ticinum
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Maximian Herculius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus) (286-305)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 285-286 |
| Value | Antoninianus (1) |
| Currency | Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 3.47 g |
| Diameter | 20.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 119505 |
| References | RIC V.2# 222F 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.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) , RCV IV# 12660David R. Sear; 2011. Roman Coins and Their Values / Volume 4. The Tetrarchies and the Rise of the House of Constantine AD 284-337. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Cohen# 201 Description historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire Romain. Paris, France (13 volumes).Donald Bateson, Isabelle Gaudy-Campbell; 1998. Byzantine and Early Medieval Western European Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Bust of Diocletian, right, radiate, cuirassed.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG
Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Caius Valerius Diocletianus Pius Felix Augustus.
Translation: Supreme Commander, Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletian, the dutiful and fortunate emperor.
Reverse
Jupiter, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand; at foot, eagle.
Mark of value in exergue flanked by mintmark.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IOVI CONSERVAT
Unabridged legend: Iovi Conservatori.
Translation: To Jupiter the Protector.
Edge
Rough
Mint
| PT | Ticinum, modern-day Pavia, Italy |
Comments
The standard from Aurelian's reforms (274) for the antoninianus was a theorical weight of 1/84 of the libra (= 3.9g), struck from billon made of twenty parts of copper per part of silver.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (285) | 2nd Officina (SXXIT) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (285) | 3rd Officina (TXXIT) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (285) | 5th Officina (VXXIT) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (285) | 6th Officina (VIXXIT) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (285-286) | 1st Officina (PXXIT) | ||||||||||||||
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