Diocletian
(284-305 A.D.) - AE Follis - 26x29mm, 11.04gr |
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Obverse - IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG Diocletian, his laureate head right. |
Reverse -
SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR Moneta standing left holding scales and cornucopiae. V in right field, AQP in Exergue. |
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Minted at the 1st officina (P) in Aquileia
(Italy) in 301
A.D. Reference: Sutherland, C.H.V., "Roman Imperial Coinage", Volume 6 (RIC), Aquileia, p315, nr 31a Voetter, Otto, "Die Münzen der römischen Kaiser, Kaiserinnen und Caesaren von Diocletianus bis Romulus, Katalog der hinterlassenen Sammlung und Aufzeichnung des Herrn Paul Gerin" (Voetter-Gerin), Aquileia, Diocletianus, p59, nr 9. Failmezger, V., "Roman Bronze Coins From Paganism To Christianity 294-364 A.D.", nr 28D Sear, D.R., "Roman Coins and their Values" (RCV 4th Revised Edition), p304, nr. 3538, variety. Van Meter, D., "Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins", p277, nr 47. Suarez, R., "Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins" (ERIC), p393, nr.127 variety (B12, O40, R119, T092, M03) Quality: Very Fine+ This coin was once part of the Northern Sinai hoard, found around 1965 "at a tel just to the west of the village of esh-Sheikh Zuweid. The site of the tel, on the ancient Via Maris, has been identified with the Beth Tappuah (i.e. House of the Apple), known in Greek as Boutaphion. It is on the coast c. 15 km south-west of Rafah towards El Arish, which in 1965 was the capital of Egyptian Sinai." (1) The coin still has the original green patina which is typical of coins from the Northern Sinai Hoard.. (1) = Cathy E. King & Arnold Spaer, "A Hoard of Folles from Northern Sinai", Numismatic Chronicle, 1977, p66. See my page on "My folles from the Northern Sinai Hoard" |