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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4496386, member: 110350"]Here are my two Diocletians. The first one is very much like several others above (except that it's from Nicomedia), and also shows liquid flowing from the patera -- as well as inside the patera itself.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian, silvered AE Follis, 294-295 AD, Nicomedia Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG/ Rev. Genius standing left, pouring out patera & holding cornucopiae, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, mintmark SMN (Nicomedia). RIC VI 27a p. 556), Sear RCV IV 12788, ERIC II 539, Cohen 106. 27.8 mm., 8.6 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115385[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115386[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian, silvered AE Antoninianus, 293-294 AD, Antioch Mint (7th Officina). Obv. Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right, IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG / Rev. Jupiter stdg. left, holding scepter, presents Victory on globe to Diocletian, CONCORDIA MILITVM; Z in lower middle field (= 7th officina of Antioch mint), XXI in exergue. RIC VI 322 (p. 256), Sear RCV IV 12637, Cohen 34. 20.87 mm., 4.75 g. (Apologies for the blurry photos -- they're from a scanned printout of the seller's photos, which for some reason I didn't save directly from the Internet when I bought the coin a few years ago, and I haven't photographed the coin myself yet.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[Blurry photos deleted -- see the new photos I posted below.][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4496386, member: 110350"]Here are my two Diocletians. The first one is very much like several others above (except that it's from Nicomedia), and also shows liquid flowing from the patera -- as well as inside the patera itself. Diocletian, silvered AE Follis, 294-295 AD, Nicomedia Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG/ Rev. Genius standing left, pouring out patera & holding cornucopiae, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, mintmark SMN (Nicomedia). RIC VI 27a p. 556), Sear RCV IV 12788, ERIC II 539, Cohen 106. 27.8 mm., 8.6 g. [ATTACH=full]1115385[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1115386[/ATTACH] Diocletian, silvered AE Antoninianus, 293-294 AD, Antioch Mint (7th Officina). Obv. Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right, IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG / Rev. Jupiter stdg. left, holding scepter, presents Victory on globe to Diocletian, CONCORDIA MILITVM; Z in lower middle field (= 7th officina of Antioch mint), XXI in exergue. RIC VI 322 (p. 256), Sear RCV IV 12637, Cohen 34. 20.87 mm., 4.75 g. (Apologies for the blurry photos -- they're from a scanned printout of the seller's photos, which for some reason I didn't save directly from the Internet when I bought the coin a few years ago, and I haven't photographed the coin myself yet.) [Blurry photos deleted -- see the new photos I posted below.][/QUOTE]
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