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RCV 12617 - Diocletian Argenteus, Siscia 294-95 AD

Año de emisión 294

Cualidades EX

Diámetro 17,7 mm

Fechas Siscia

Grado de rareza NC - No es común

Metal Silver

Peso 2,64 g

Typos Argenteus

Monedas Antiguas (-650 a 476) Romanos - Imperiales y Republi... La Tetrarquía (284 a 337) Diocleciano

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Diocletian AR Argenteus. Siscia, AD 294-295.

Obverse: DIOCLETIANVS AVG, laureate head to right

Reverse: VIRTVS MILITVM, four tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod before city enclosure with eight turrets; pellet in doorway.

Reference: RIC VI 32a.

Weight: 2.64g 6h. Diameter: 17,7mm Conservation: Extremely Fine; flan crack. Attractive iridescent toning over lustrous metal.

The argenteus was a Roman silver coin minted from the time of Diocletian's coinage reform in 294 to c. 310. It was of similar weight and fineness as the denarius of the time of Nero. The coin was struck at a theoretical weight of 1/96th of a Roman pound (about 3 grams), as indicated by the Roman numeral XCVI on the reverse of some examples. Argenteus, meaning "of silver" in Latin, was first used in Pliny's Natural History in the phrase "argenteus nummus" (silver coin). The 4th-century historian Ammianus uses the same phrase, however there is no indication that this is the official name for a denomination.

Referencia : RCV 12617

Colección : VI The Tetrarchy