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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Tetrarchy| > |Diocletian| > RB04176
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 (Siscia), was tortured and nearly killed during Diocletian's persecution of Christians. 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. When Diocletian split Pannonia into four provinces, Siscia became the capital of Pannonia Savia, the southwestern one, for which Siscia contained the treasury; at the same time it was the station of the small fleet kept on the Savus. Siscia maintained its importance until Sirmium began to rise, for in proportion as Sirmium rose, Siscia sank and declined.
RB04176. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 278 var. (no pellet in mintmark), Choice VF+, Siscia (Sisak, Croatia) mint, weight 3.52g, maximum diameter 23.4mm, die axis 180o, 292 A.D.; obverse IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse VICTORIA AVGG (victory of the two emperors), Diocletian standing right holding Victory in right facing prince standing left, holding transverse spear pointed downward in left, G in center, XX·I in ex; from the Aiello Collection; SOLD











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