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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 7820645, member: 44316&quot;]I just got Diocletian (286-305) antoninianus (or &quot;aurelianus&quot;) from the vcoins site of [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] .&nbsp; It&#039;s a beauty, with Diocletian radiate left in an imperial mantle and holding an eagle-topped scepter.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1344067[/ATTACH]22 mm. 4.56 grams. Some silvering. [My photo taken with an old iPad and assembled on my Mac.]</p><p>IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG</p><p>Notice the imperial mantle, which I think was used only in years when the ruler held the consulship.&nbsp; </p><p>Bastien, Lyons 248. </p><p>RIC V.II Lyons (Lugdunum) 27H, dates it to &quot;291-2&quot; and very similar types to &quot;290-1-2&quot;</p><p>Sear IV 12655 (with photo) has &quot;289-90&quot;. I think he got the date from Bastien, who is the authority on coins of Lyons. </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse type is</p><p>IOVI AVGG</p><p>Jupiter standing left holding Victory on globe and long staff, eagle at feet left. &quot;A&quot; below.</p><p>Diocletian was the Jovian emperor, so a type with IOVI and the image of Jupiter is appropriate. </p><p><br /></p><p>I struck out in a few recent auctions, so I thought I would see if vcoins had something for me. I&#039;ve been studying coins of the tetrarchy recently and writing about them:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/extra.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/extra.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/extra.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So, naturally, I searched on &quot;Diocletian&quot;, &quot;Maximian&quot; and the other tetrarchs and found this coin to be the best for the price. I&#039;m not surprised it was from Victor. </p><p><br /></p><p>You might show a coin of Diocletian or an ant of another tetrarch or a recent vcoins purchase. We&#039;d be interested![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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