Roman Imperial Diocletian coins
Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletian as Augustus (284-305)
Pre-reform coinage (till 295)
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG
IOVI CONSERVAT
Antoninianus 285
copper
Ticinum
23 mm.
Draped bust in radiate and radiate crown right / Emperor Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletianus Pious Happy Augustus
Jupiter standing left, holds arrows and scepter / Jupiter Keeper
Coin value - $30-40
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG
CONCORDIA MILITVM
Antoninianus 286-293
copper
Cyzicus 21 mm.
Draped bust in radiate crown right / Emperor Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus
Diocletianus, holding spear, receives Victory on globe from Jupiter, holding scepter / Concordia of army
Coin value - $30-40
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG
IOVI CONSERVATORI AVG G
Antoninianus 293-295
copper
Antioch
21 mm.
Draped bust in radiate and radiate crown right / Emperor Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus
Diocletianus, holding spear, receives Victory on globe from Jupiter, holding scepter / Jupiter Keeper of August
Coin value - $10-20
Reform 295-296
IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG
SACRA MONET AVG G ET CAES NOSTR
Follis 295-305
bronze
Aquileia
27 mm.
Bust right in laurel wreath / Emperor Diocletianus Pious Happy Augustus
Moneta standing left, holds scales and cornucopia / Sacred Moneta Augustus and Caesares Our
Coin value - $40-60