RA85655. Billon antoninianus, Bastien Lyon p. 172, 322 (9 spec.); Hunter IV 34; RIC V-2 28; Cohen VI 151; SRCV IV 12655 var. (eagle tipped scepter vice globe), Choice gVF, well centered and struck, attractive portrait, edge crack, earthen deposits, some light very corrosion, 1st officina, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, weight 3.679g, maximum diameter 22.5mm, die axis 45
o, emission 7, spring 290 - 291 A.D.; obverse IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate bust left, wearing imperial mantle, globe in right hand; reverse IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing left, victory on globe in right hand, leaning on long scepter in left hand, eagle at feet left, A in exergue;
this type of consular bust is rare for Diocletian;
very rare;
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