CAESAR GAIVS AVRELIVS VALERIVS DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS

Diocletian, AE Follis. 298-299 AD. Thessalonica. IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG, laureate head right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder (falls low), holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopiae. Mintmark TSA. RIC VI Thessalonica 19. 26mm
9.0 grams


Roman military bronze Phalera, 1rst to 3rd century, 54mm, worn on breastplate of roman soldiers who had been awarded it as a kind of medal, also found in gold and silver

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Nice coin and cool artifact. I love Diocletian and his coinage. Here are a few of my favorites.

Historic Collections Thread: Dr. Walter Neussel Collection

Roman Empire
Diocletian, AD 284-350
AE Antoninianus, Rome mint, 6th officina, struck AD 285-286
Dia.: 24.73 mm
Wt.: 3.55 g
Obv.: IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG. Diocletian radiate bust right.
Rev.: IOVI CONSER-VAT AVG. Jupiter standing holding thunder bolt and scepter. XXIZ below.
Ref.: RIC V:II 161
Ex Dr. Walter Neussel Collection; Auktion GM 92, Lot 365 (Nov. 1998); Dr. Busseo Peus Nachf. Auktion 420, Lot 6051 (Nov. 2017)


Roman Empire
Diocletian (AD 284-305)
AR Argenteus, Ticinum mint, struck ca. AD 294
Dia.: 20 mm
Wt.: 2.92 g
Obv.: DIOCLETI-ANVS AVG; Laureate bust right
Rev.: VIRTVS MILITVM; Tetrarchs sacrificing in front of fort with 6 turrents
Ref.: RIC VI 14a, R3

Diocletian: Two Interesting Coins and a Legacy of Reform

Roman Empire
Diocletian, AD 284-305
AE Follis, Ticinum mint, struck AD 296-297
Dia.: 31 mm
Wt.: 8.63 g
Obv.: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG. Laureate head of Diocletian right
Rev.: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. Genius wearing mural crown holding patera and cornucopia
Ref.: RIC VI 33

Diocletian: One of the Earliest Post Reform Coins from Lugdunum

Roman Empire
Diocletian, AD 284-305
AE Follis, Lugdunum Mint, 1st officina, struck ca. AD 295
Dia.: 28 mm
Wt.: 8.5 g
Obv.: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; Laureate bust right
Rev.: GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI: Genius standing left holding patera and cornucopia /LA in exergue
Ref.: RIC VI 2a, Lugdunum Group I, Class II
Ex Jamesicus Collection

 

real nice!

 

Very cool Medal and coin. Nice captures. Curious as to for what the medal was awarded.


RI Diocletian 284-305 CE AE Folles VOT XX

 

Here are a few of my Diocletian folli .
1. Lyon Mint, 10.12 gm
2. Aquilea Mint, 10.09 gm
3 Trier Mint, 10.61 gm

 

Curtis, That's lovely toning & iridescence on the Argenteus .

 

I have a dozen or so Diocletian coins -- most of which I haven't bothered to photograph -- but this Alexandrian one is my favorite:


Diocletian, AD 284-305.
Roman billon tetradrachm, 19.2 mm, 7.24 g, 12 h.
Egypt, Alexandria, AD 285-6.
Obv: Α Κ Γ ΟVΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting on scepter, shield at side; L B (= regnal year 2) in field.
Refs: Dattari 5638; BMCG 2485; Milne 4765; Cologne 3211; RCV 12856.