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Diocletian Quies Coin Type: Billon follis of Diocletian, 284-305 CE
Mint and Date: Lugdunum, Summer 307 CE.
Size and Weight: 26.7mm x 27.5 mm, 8.4g
Obverse: laureate bust right, wearing imperial mantle, olive branch in right, mappa in left.
IMP DIOCLETIANO P F S AVG
Reverse: Quies standing left, branch held low in right hand in front, leaning on tall scepter with L hand behind.
QUIES AVGG S C
Exergue: PLG
Provenance: Forum Ancient Coins, December 2006
Ref: RIC VI Lugdunum 255; Bastien XI 444.
BW Ref: 012 030 098
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