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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Tetrarchy| > |Diocletian| > RB20904
Diocletian, 20 November 284 - 1 May 305 A.D.
|Diocletian|, |Diocletian,| |20| |November| |284| |-| |1| |May| |305| |A.D.|, Aurelian established the Tripolis mint, c. 274 A.D., which minted antoniniani and a few aureus types until it closed during the join reign of Diocletian and Maximian, c. 287 A.D. The Tripolis coins of Aurelian, Tacitus and Probus are not clearly mint-marked to identify Tripolis. After Probus, Tripolis coins are marked "TR" in the reverse field. There were several cities within the Roman Empire named Tripolis. The most likely city that hosted the Roman mint was the Tripolis south of Antioch, which today is Tripoli, Lebanon.
RB20904. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 333, VF+, Tripolis (Tripoli, Lebanon) mint, weight 3.911g, maximum diameter 20.6mm, die axis 180o, 284 A.D.; obverse IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse VICTORIA AVG• (the victory of the Emperor), Emperor, holding globe, standing right, receiving wreath from Victory standing left holding palm, TR in center, XXI in exergue; rare; SOLD











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