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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4523238, member: 87200"]After missing out on an excellent example of a Diocletian Abdication follis in a recent auction I decided to see if I could find another one. Voila - I did! And I didn't need to pay $800 for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This type represents Diocletian's hope and dream that each colleague in the tetrarchy would happily step down when the time had come. Diocletian retreated to a custom-built palace at Split where he intended to plant cabbages with his own hands.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/croatia/spalatro_palace_of_diocletian/split5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Diocletian's Palace at Split, Croatia</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, Maximian the co-senior tetrarch grumbled in his forced "retirement" and his machinations and lust for power doomed the future of Diocletian's system which he had hoped would endure for the duration of the empire. Maximian managed to grab for the Imperial throne once again and reclaimed his title of Augustus, eventually allying with his son Maxentius who also had become an Augustus. For a brief while, even Constantine, who believed he had been passed over when he was awarded the title of "Filius Augustorum", formed an alliance with the old man.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, Diocletian watched in horror as Civil War shook the empire. And he, relegated to Split, could only watch and worry as his health declined.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, in that historical milieu I submit this coin for your perusal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian (A.D. 284-305) AE Follis</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight: 6.90 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Diameter: 23 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Mint: Follis struck at Alexandria (ALE Mintmark) between 308 and 310, after his abdication.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: DN DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laurel-wreathed bust right wearing mantle, holding olive branch and holding mappa in the other hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing right, extending right hand to Quies, standing left, holding branch and sceptre.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Sear 12922, RIC VI Alexandria 80 corr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120559[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your abdication folles of Diocletian or Maximian![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4523238, member: 87200"]After missing out on an excellent example of a Diocletian Abdication follis in a recent auction I decided to see if I could find another one. Voila - I did! And I didn't need to pay $800 for it. This type represents Diocletian's hope and dream that each colleague in the tetrarchy would happily step down when the time had come. Diocletian retreated to a custom-built palace at Split where he intended to plant cabbages with his own hands. [IMG]http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/croatia/spalatro_palace_of_diocletian/split5.jpg[/IMG]Diocletian's Palace at Split, Croatia Unfortunately, Maximian the co-senior tetrarch grumbled in his forced "retirement" and his machinations and lust for power doomed the future of Diocletian's system which he had hoped would endure for the duration of the empire. Maximian managed to grab for the Imperial throne once again and reclaimed his title of Augustus, eventually allying with his son Maxentius who also had become an Augustus. For a brief while, even Constantine, who believed he had been passed over when he was awarded the title of "Filius Augustorum", formed an alliance with the old man. Meanwhile, Diocletian watched in horror as Civil War shook the empire. And he, relegated to Split, could only watch and worry as his health declined. So, in that historical milieu I submit this coin for your perusal. Diocletian (A.D. 284-305) AE Follis Weight: 6.90 grams Diameter: 23 mm Mint: Follis struck at Alexandria (ALE Mintmark) between 308 and 310, after his abdication. Obverse: DN DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laurel-wreathed bust right wearing mantle, holding olive branch and holding mappa in the other hand. Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing right, extending right hand to Quies, standing left, holding branch and sceptre. Reference: Sear 12922, RIC VI Alexandria 80 corr. [ATTACH=full]1120559[/ATTACH] Please share your abdication folles of Diocletian or Maximian![/QUOTE]
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