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RIC V Diocletian 146

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RIC V Diocletian 146, Aureus, Gold, struck at Rome, 284–294 AD. Obverse: bust of diocletian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: jupiter, running left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and striking down titan. Weight about 5.3 g, diameter 19.5 mm.
obverse RIC V Diocletian 146
reverse RIC V Diocletian 146
mint Rome weight 5.25g (4)
ruler Maximian diameter ⌀19.5 (1)
denomination Aureus axis 9↕ (2)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Diocletian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG
reverse

Jupiter, running left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and striking down Titan

IOVI FVLGERATORI
specimens (6)
British Museum 5.42g 6↕
British Museum (RIC V)
British Museum 5.04g 12↕
British Museum (RIC V)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 5.25g ⌀19.5
BnF (National Library of France) 5.29g

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RIC V Diocletian 146 (ric.5.dio.146), 284–294 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-v-diocletian-146/ (accessed: 2026-09-09). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA