Diocletian, 284-305
AE - Follis, 8.12g, 26mm
 Ticinum, 3rd officina, c. 305
obv. DN DIOCLETIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG (sic!)
 Laureate bust right in imperial mantle, olive branch in right hand, 
 mappa in left
rev. PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG
 Providentia standing right, extending right hand to Quies standing left, 
 branch downward in right hand, leaning left on vertical scepter
 In right field pellet, in exergue: TT 

RIC VI, Ticinum 56a; C.422
VF+, nice green patina, some silvering below
ex Tony Hardy Coll.
from Beast Coins, 5/05, $180


Contributed by Hans-Joachim, May, 2005.