Diocletian. AD 284-305. Gilded Æ Medallion (27mm, 14.20 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 287.

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Diocletian. AD 284-305. Gilded Æ Medallion (27mm, 14.20 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 287. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust left, holding eagle-tipped scepter in right hand / VICTORIA AVGG, two Victories attaching shield to palm tree between them. Unpublished in the standard references, presumed unique. Much of the original gilding preserved. Good VF.

Ex Roma E-Sale 57 (30 May 2019), lot 1040; Tkalec (8 September 2008), lot 380.

Struck in AD 287, this medallion commemorates the co-consulship between Diocletian and Maximian. Diocletian had actually elevated Maximian from the rank of Caesar to Augustus a year earlier after successful campaigns along the Rhine, defeating the Heruli and Chaibones and effectively clearing the Rhineland of Germanic tribesman. The timing of Maximian’s elevation may have also been to assist with the increasing military threats from the new rebel Carausius, self-proclaimed ruler in Gaul and Britannia.

The final winners of all Triton XXV lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 11-12 January 2022. Triton XXV – Session Three – Roman Republican & Imperatorial Coinage through Byzantine Coinage will be held Wednesday morning, 12 January 2022 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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