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RIC V Diocletian 166

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RIC V Diocletian 166, Antoninianus, Silver, struck at Rome, 292–292 AD. Obverse: bust of diocletian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of diocletian, radiate, cuirassed, right. Reverse: jupiter, nude, standing front, head right, holding sceptre in right hand and thunderbolt in left hand; at foot, eagle holding wreath in its beak. Weight about 3.7 g, diameter 22.7 mm.
mint Rome weight 3.69g (19)
ruler Maximian diameter ⌀22.7 (6)
denomination Antoninianus axis 8↕ (3)
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, or bust of Diocletian, radiate, cuirassed, right

IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG
reverse

Jupiter, nude, standing front, head right, holding sceptre in right hand and thunderbolt in left hand; at foot, eagle holding wreath in its beak

IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG
specimens (20)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 3.59g ⌀23.0
KENOM 3.86g ⌀22.4 11↕
KENOM 2.91g ⌀22.5 12↕
KENOM 3.87g ⌀22.5 1↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 4.02g ⌀22.0
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⌀24.0
BnF (National Library of France) 3.04g
BnF (National Library of France) 3.64g
BnF (National Library of France) 4.69g
BnF (National Library of France) 3.02g
BnF (National Library of France) 4.03g
BnF (National Library of France) 3.58g
BnF (National Library of France) 4.39g
BnF (National Library of France) 3.88g
BnF (National Library of France) 3.34g
BnF (National Library of France) 3.77g
BnF (National Library of France) 3.42g
BnF (National Library of France) 3.57g
BnF (National Library of France) 4.19g
BnF (National Library of France) 3.37g

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RIC V Diocletian 166 (ric.5.dio.166), 292–292 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-v-diocletian-166/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA