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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 4548638, member: 81887&quot;]Just a quick snack that I picked up from Frank S. Robinson&#039;s most recent bargain list:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126006[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Empire.&nbsp; Antioch.&nbsp; AE4.&nbsp; Anonymous (time of the Tetrarchy c. 303-313 AD).&nbsp; Obverse: Jupiter seated left, holding globe and scepter, legend around IOVI CONSERVATORI.&nbsp; Reverse: Victory advancing left, legend around VICTORIA AVGG, in exergue ANT.&nbsp; This coin: Purchased from Frank S. Robinson, 2020. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is part of a series of anonymous types featuring pagan deities (including Jupiter, Isis, Serapis, and Apollo) but without any portraits or mention of the issuing emperor(s).&nbsp; The coins were issued from the eastern mints of Antioch, Alexandria, and Nicomedia, most likely during the time of the persecution of Christianity under the Tetrarchy.&nbsp; Diocletian was the driving force behind the persecution, and portrayed it as a restoration of traditional Roman values.&nbsp; These coins were apparently part of the effort to get the people to return to the worship of the older gods.&nbsp; The persecution was most enthusiastically enforced in the eastern portion of the empire, so it makes sense that that is where these coins were struck.&nbsp; I like this coin as a mini historical document, the portrait of Jupiter is appealing to me, and best of all this coin only cost me $6.35.&nbsp; Please post your coins from this series, or whatever else is related.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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