Description: Diocletian (284 - 305 AD). AE Antoninianus silvered, Antioch mint, 284 AD. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG; Jupiter on left, standing right, holding globe and sceptre, receiving Victory from Hercules on right, standing left, holding club and lion's skin, Δ in lower field, XXI● in ex.

Diameter: AE23 mm

Weight: 4,44 g

Grade: VF/gVF

Attribution: RIC V 323

Commentary: grey patina, some silvering still intact, sharp reverse

History: Diocletian strongly expanded the civic service of the empire, doubling its staff, what resulted in one bureaucrat for 2,000 inhabitants ( this ratio being in some modern European countries like 1:20).

Article Number: 038-01-05-41652