The John Bargrave Collection
CANCA-B163-2-10-250-RE
Metal Type:bronze
Issuing Authority:
Diocletian (c. 22 Dec 244-03 Dec 311)
Weight:9.01 g
Diameter:27.46 mm
Mint:Aquileia (Settlement)
Date:
301 CE
Denomination: follis
Obverse Image Description:Head of Diocletian laureate, right. Line border.
Obverse Inscription:[IMP] DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG
Reverse Image Description:Moneta draped standing, facing left, holding scales in right hand and a cornucopia in left. Line border.
Reverse Inscription:S[ACRA MON]ET AVG G CAESS NOSTR. To right, V in field. AQ[?] in exergue.
Attached People:
Diocletian (c. 22 Dec 244-03 Dec 311) - Authority - ancient
John Bargrave (1610-1680) - Collector
Bibliographic Source(s):
The Roman Imperial Coinage: Volume VI..., page: 315, no. 31a, notes:
Notes:There is a deliberate piercing through the coin at the base of the Diocletian neck.
Catalogue References
Li Ms E16b
182 192 a large size ....................................... 5 : 23
Head of Diocletian.
DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG
Rev: Moneta standing her scales in her
right Hand., a Cornucopia on her left arm.
SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR.
see Occo. p. 513.
Bargrave The Coin (says Occo. p. 522) seems to have been
called sacred, in the Sense in which, whilst the
Republic was supported, the Tribunes of the People
were said to bee so., that is, it was and ought to be
inviolate: and there was a proper Punishment
against diminishers or debasers of the Coin to
keep it so. See Entry in Catalog Li Ms E16c 250 Head of Diocletian
IMP • DIOCLETIANVS • PF AVG •
Reverse Moneta her Scales &
Cornucopia &c
SACRA • MONET • AVGG • ET • CAESS • NOSTR
[short line]
S*E
Bargrave
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d 250 Head of Diocletian.
IMP. DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG.
Rev: Moneta in her Right Hand
her Scales, on her left arm
a Cornuncopia
SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR.
Bargrave
See Entry in Catalogue
Li Ms E16b
182 192 a large size ....................................... 5 : 23
Head of Diocletian.
DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG
Rev: Moneta standing her scales in her
right Hand., a Cornucopia on her left arm.
SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR.
see Occo. p. 513.
Bargrave The Coin (says Occo. p. 522) seems to have been
called sacred, in the Sense in which, whilst the
Republic was supported, the Tribunes of the People
were said to bee so., that is, it was and ought to be
inviolate: and there was a proper Punishment
against diminishers or debasers of the Coin to
keep it so. See Entry in Catalog Li Ms E16c 250 Head of Diocletian
IMP • DIOCLETIANVS • PF AVG •
Reverse Moneta her Scales &
Cornucopia &c
SACRA • MONET • AVGG • ET • CAESS • NOSTR
[short line]
S*E
Bargrave
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d 250 Head of Diocletian.
IMP. DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG.
Rev: Moneta in her Right Hand
her Scales, on her left arm
a Cornuncopia
SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR.
Bargrave
See Entry in Catalogue