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RIC 214 of Diocletian

Diocletian AE Antoninianus. IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right / HERCVLI CONSERVAT, Hercules, nude, standing right leaning on club set on rock, PXXIT in ex. Cohen 134.

Lot No.1116. Fully silvered EF.

$ 85.

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Diocletian was a great reformer. He reformed the government into the Tetrarchy system of two Caesars and two Augusti, and he reformed the coinage by eliminating the old Antoninianus and introduing the Argenteus and Follis. He ruled from 284 to 305 and then retired.