Antoninianus - Diocletianus VIRTVS AVGG; Hercules
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 | 292-294 |
| Value | Antoninianus (1) |
| Currency | Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 2.7 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 305761 |
| References | RIC V.2# 98F 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/) |
Obverse
Bust of Diocletian, radiate, cuirassed, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG
Translation:
Imperator Diocletianus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Diocletian emperor (Augustus).
Reverse
Hercules, standing right, holding club in right hand and lion's skin and bow in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VIRTVS AVGG
-/-//C
Translation:
Virtus Augustorum.
Courage of the emperors (Augusti).
Mint
Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)Comments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (292-294) | "C" in exergue; | ||||||||||||||
| ND (292-294) | "III" in exergue; | ||||||||||||||
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