FORTVNAE REDVCI--The defeat of the Persians and restoration of Armenia

The reverse of this coin-- FORTVNAE REDVCI, celebrates the happy return of the Emperor(s). That is why there are references to modes of travel, like the wheel Fortuna is sitting on and the rudder attached to a globe.

This coin specifically references the return of Galerius after he defeated the Sasanian ruler Shah Narseh in Armenia in A.D. 298. Galerius then went all the way into Persia and captured the capital of Ctesiphon. In the treaty the following year, Narseh restored the Kingdom of Armenia and there was peace between the two nations for 40 years.

RIC also doesn't have this obverse legend listed; but it should come after RIC VI Trier 388



Diocletian
A.D. 298- 299
Ӕ follis 25mm 10.3g
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust right.
FORTVNAE REDVCI AVGG N N; Fortuna seated left on wheel, holding rudder set on globe in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; ✶ in right.
In ex. ATR
RIC VI Trier --