SYRIA, ANTIOCH
Time of Maximinus Daia, AD 310-313
AE (14.55mm, 1.54g, 12h)
Struck AD 311-312
Obverse: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI, Jupiter seated left, holding globe and scepter
Reverse: VICTOR-IA AVGG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm; Δ in right field, ANT in exergue
RCV 14932
Rough surfaces. Struck on a tight flan.
This coin belongs to a group of small civic types issued by the leading eastern cities of Nicomedia, Antioch, and Alexandria, during the great persecution of Christians begun under Diocletian.
Collezione : Sold Coins