DIOCLETIAN. Post Abdication Follis

(Sold for $52 Oct.98, eBay Item #35104169)
   

 ROMAN EMPIRE. DIOCLETIAN, Senior co-Emperor of the First
 Tetrarchy, AD 284-305. Follis (Bronze 6.0 grams, 24.34mm)

 Obverse) DN DIOCLETIANO BEATISSIMO SEN AVG, His laureated bust to
 the right wearing Imperial mantle, holding olive-branch and
 mappa. Reverse) PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, Quies and
 Providentia standing and facing each other. Crescent upward in
 upper field. A in lower field. ANT in exergue. Reference: Sear
 3543 var. Very Scarce. Grade: About Extremely Fine. Very good
 portrait. Large planchet. Good strike. Good eye appeal. Chocolate
 and green patina. Difficult coin to find.