Here's my latest coins. The Diocletian came in with the Probus ones and since I'm here I'll show ya my Vladislav ll denier, possibly upside down (circa 1497-1503), (king of Hungary, 1490-1516, father was Casimir lV, king of Poland & Elisabeth of Habsburg). I started collecting on the tetrarchy back in 05-06, when I was still a freshman collector( I consider myself a sophomore now) but didn't really understand it and soon got bored and moved on to other areas( I understand it a lil better now, but there's always room for improvement). I read on Diocletian yesterday for over 3 hours and STILL didn't finish 9_9..now i'm making an educated guess that is coin was minted before his reform of coinage, judging from the make and style, between 384-96. i'm thinking that's Jupiter on the reverse and Maximian was co-emperor because there's AVGG also on the reverse..in the exeuge i can think i see XXlB, but there might have been another symbol at the end.. if you can help ID it and/or correct me where i'm mistaken, please chime on in. POST YOUR COINS & COMMENTS PEEPS!
..no, i don't think..its (X?) Xl(B?)(?) antoninanus Charles..19mm @ 3.04 gms.. (i should have put that on there...)
Looks like IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG on that radiate. There are umpteen varieties of coins with this reverse type, many with different obverse inscriptions. Have fun!
Nice job on the captures, Greg! The Big Dio is great, but I know nothing about the Poland Denier. Here’s my Big Dio...just a run-of-the-mill Votive. Funny how Emperors had to constantly pay off their Legions... RI Diocletian 284-305 CE AE Folles VOT XX
..hehe....unpaid soldiers make bad bedfellows..Julius knew this...(and that's "Austrian"..he never inherited his dads lands...
The XXI identifies your coin as pre-reform. It indicates that the composition of the coin is 20 parts bronze to 1 part silver. This 20:1 ratio does not appear on the post-reform radiates. Your coin is RIC 162, minted in Rome between 285-286 A.D.
