Bronze aes with portrait of Diocletian

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Dateabout 300 CE

DimensionsDiam.: 1 in. (2.6 cm)

MediumCoin; bronze (struck).

ClassificationMetalwork

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Paul A. Harsch

Object number

1936.42

Not on View

DescriptionObverse: Head of Diocletian facing right, laureate. Reverse: Genius standing facing left, with a modius on his head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, his right hand holding patera (from wich liquor flows), the left hand holds a cornucopia.

Published References

Sutherland, C.H.V., Roman Imperial Coinage, London, Spink and Son, Ltd., 1973, vol. VI, p. 62, no. 54.