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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 7323702, member: 31620&quot;]Whilst my focus on Lugdunum is primarily with the output of Probus, I do occasionally delve into the wider coinage of the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have gathered a few examples over the years but the following two coins are the finst coins of these reverses that I have managed to obtain for Diocletian.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Diocletian - Antoninianus</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP DIOCLETIANVS P AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– COMES AVGG, Minerva standing left, holding sceptre and resting hand on shield</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum (//C). Emission 8, Officina 3. A.D. 292</p><p>Reference(s) – Cohen -. Bastien 442 (1). RIC V Pt 2 14 var (Officina)</p><p><br /></p><p>3.29 g. 23.01 mm. 0 degrees </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279813[/ATTACH] </p><p>and one from the much later issue with shortened legends</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Diocletian - Antoninianus</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right (seen from the rear)</p><p>Rev:– ABVNDANT AVGG, Abunbantia standing right holding cornucopia</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum (//A). Emission 12 second series, Officina 1. A.D. 294</p><p>Reference(s) – Cohen -. Bastien 599 (6). RIC V Pt 2 9</p><p><br /></p><p>4.24 g. 22.42 mm. 180 degrees </p><p><br /></p><p>Patchy silvering</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279814[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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