Bronze aes with portrait of Diocletian
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Bronze aes with portrait of Diocletian
Place of OriginRoman Empire
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 ReferencesSutherland, C.H.V., Roman Imperial Coinage, London, Spink and Son, Ltd., 1973, vol. VI, p. 62, no. 54.
about 295 CE
1st to 3rd century CE
325-326 CE
about 101 BCE
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