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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Tetrarchy| > |Diocletian| > RT86663
Diocletian, 20 November 284 - 1 May 305 A.D.
|Diocletian|, |Diocletian,| |20| |November| |284| |-| |1| |May| |305| |A.D.|, The Christian martyr Quirinus of Sescia, presumed the first bishop of the Diocese of Sescia, was tortured and nearly killed during Diocletian's persecution of Christians. The act of pouring the libation to the emperor, illustrated on the reverse of this coin, is what the Christians were required to do in order not to be persecuted. Legend has it that they tied him to a millstone and threw him into a river, but he freed himself from the weight, escaped and continued to preach his faith. Today he is the patron saint of Sisak.
RT86663. Billon follis (large), RIC VI Siscia 95a, SRCV IV 12779, Cohen VI 101, Hunter V -, Choice gVF, excellent portrait, full circles centering, some slivering, small encrustations, slightly flat centers, 1st officina, Siscia (Sisak, Croatia) mint, weight 9.510g, maximum diameter 29.2mm, die axis 0o, c. 296 A.D.; obverse IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right; reverse GENIO POP-V-LI ROMANI, Genius standing slightly left, head left, nude but for chlamys over shoulders and left arm, kalathos on head, patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, *SIS in exergue, A in right field; from the Jyrki Muona Collection; SOLD











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