v27_0155 - DIOCLETIAN Aurelianus
MONNAIES 27 (2006)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 210.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 210.00 €
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 210.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 210.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: début - été 287
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,87 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan,bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait expressif. Faiblesse de frappe au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié consulaire de Dioclétien à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant le scipio de la main droite (H2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Diocletianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L'empereur césar Dioclétien pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CONSER AVGG/ -|A// SML.
Reverse description : Jupiter debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant un foudre de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, un aigle debout à gauche tournant la tête à droite.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori Augustorum”, (À Jupiter protecteur des augustes).
Commentary
Sans argenture. La lettre d'atelier n’est pas barrée. Malgré la rareté du buste H2 (consulaire) nous n’avons pas pu identifier de liaison de coin pertinente. C’est la première apparition du buste consulaire pour Dioclétien dans le monnayage lyonnais, lié au troisième consulat de l’auguste, pris le 1er janvier 287. C’est le troisième exemplaire publié. Prendra le numéro 102c dans le Supplément III.
Without silver plating. The mint letter is not crossed out. Despite the rarity of the H2 (consular) bust, we have not been able to identify a relevant die bond. This is the first appearance of the consular bust for Diocletian in the Lyon coinage, linked to the third consulate of the Augustus, taken on January 1, 287. This is the third example published. Will take the number 102c in Supplement III
Without silver plating. The mint letter is not crossed out. Despite the rarity of the H2 (consular) bust, we have not been able to identify a relevant die bond. This is the first appearance of the consular bust for Diocletian in the Lyon coinage, linked to the third consulate of the Augustus, taken on January 1, 287. This is the third example published. Will take the number 102c in Supplement III
Historical background
DIOCLETIAN
(20/11/284-1/05/305)
Augustus
Diocletian, born in 245 in Dalmatia (Split), is an Illyrian emperor. After having eliminated Aper, prefect of the praetorium, also father-in-law and assassin of Numérien, he put on the purple on November 20, 284. Fighting first against Carin, last son of Carus, he was beaten at Margus the following year. But Carin is assassinated and Diocletian alone remains august. He raised Maximian, a compatriot, to the rank of Caesar in November 285, then Augustus on April 1, 286. Diocletian had just created a new political regime, the dyarchy. Two emperors shared military and political power there, but Maximian remained subordinate to Diocletian. Diocletian places himself under the Jovian protection (of Jupiter) while Maximian is of Herculean essence (of Hercules). Diocletian spent the first ten years of his reign fighting in the East, while Maximian remained in the West. Diocletian is the first emperor of the Lower Empire, according to the expression of Gibbons, and the founder of the dominion.
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