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RIC V Diocletian 159

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RIC V Diocletian 159, Antoninianus, Silver, struck at Rome, 291–291 AD. Obverse: bust of diocletian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: hercules, standing left, holding olive-branch in right hand and club sometimes with lion's skin in left hand. Weight about 3.7 g.
mint Rome weight 3.70g (1)
ruler Maximian diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Antoninianus axis ↕ (0)
material Silver technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Diocletian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right

IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG
reverse

Hercules, standing left, holding olive-branch in right hand and club sometimes with lion's skin in left hand

HERCVLI PACIFERO
specimens (1)
BnF (National Library of France) 3.70g

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RIC V Diocletian 159 (ric.5.dio.159), 291–291 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-v-diocletian-159/ (accessed: 2026-10-30). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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