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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3999397, member: 87404"]Quite apropos, illustrating this tetrarchal tie to Jove and Hercules (and in contrast to Mars being used along the limes frontier in Britain), is this Diocletian I literally just grabbed from the mailbox 30 minutes ago.</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/incollage_20200115_121049554.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><font size="3">Diocletian, Ruled 285-305 AD</font></b></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Antoninianus (silvered), Struck 285 AD, Antioch Mint</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obverse</b>: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, bust of Diocletian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Reverse</b>: IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG, Jupiter, standing right, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left hand, and Hercules, standing left, holding Victory in right hand and club and lion's skin in left hand, A officina designation above, mintmark XXI.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>References</b>: RIC V 323</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3999397, member: 87404"]Quite apropos, illustrating this tetrarchal tie to Jove and Hercules (and in contrast to Mars being used along the limes frontier in Britain), is this Diocletian I literally just grabbed from the mailbox 30 minutes ago. [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/incollage_20200115_121049554.jpg[/IMG] [B][SIZE=3]Diocletian, Ruled 285-305 AD[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][B]AE Antoninianus (silvered), Struck 285 AD, Antioch Mint[/B] [B]Obverse[/B]: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, bust of Diocletian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right. [B]Reverse[/B]: IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG, Jupiter, standing right, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left hand, and Hercules, standing left, holding Victory in right hand and club and lion's skin in left hand, A officina designation above, mintmark XXI. [B]References[/B]: RIC V 323[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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