CVC & Collectables presents an attractive billon (BI) nummus of Diocletian (AD 284–305) struck at Carthage, featuring original silvering and certified NGC Choice XF. A great representative of the early Tetrarchic coinage, pairing a bold imperial portrait with the classic Genius reverse type.
Dicoletian born in AD 245 and lived most of his life in military camps. His reign of power was when his army had dominance over land when the co-emperor, Carinus’s brother Numerian, was killed. His fiscal, administrative, and military reign laid the foundation for the Byzantine empire in the east and while briefly strengthening the fading empire in the west. In AD 303–304 he issued four edicts decreeing the last great persecution of Christians. Even though his He had a wife Prisca and a daughter Valeria, both of whom reputedly were Christians.
Coin Highlights:
- Emperor: Dicoletian
- Metal: Billon
- Grade: Choice Extremely Fine
- Time period: AD 284-305 Roman Empire Diocletian
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