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E-auction 355-268712 - brm_517375 - DIOCLETIAN Follis ou nummus

DIOCLETIAN Follis ou nummus AU/XF
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 61 €
Maximum bid : 68 €
End of the sale : 03 February 2020 14:15:00
bidders : 10 bidders
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: octobre
Date: 307
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,41 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan large bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste consulaire à l’usure plus marquée sur le visage de Dioclétien. Frappe un peu molle au revers sur le repos. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N DIOCLETIANO P F S AVG.
Obverse description : Buste consulaire de Dioclétien à droite avec la trabea, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et la mappa de la main gauche (H*5).
Obverse translation : “Domino Nostri Diocletiano Pio Felici Seniori Augusto” (À notre seigneur Dioclétien pieux heureux auguste, le plus ancien).

Reverse


Reverse legend : QVIES - AVGG/ S|C// PLG.
Reverse description : Quies (le Repos) drapé debout à gauche, tenant un rameau de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Quies Augustorum” (Le Repos des augustes).

Commentary


Poids très léger, mais follis de grand module correspondant à une taille au 1/40 L. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. La légende du droit est au datif de dédicace. Buste consulaire de joli style. Un changement radical intervient dans la représentation. Une autre innovation est l’apparition des lettres S|C dans le champ. Nous nous sommes interrogés sur la présence et la signification de ces lettres S C. Elles pourraient tout simplement signifier “Senatus Consulto” (avec l’autorisation du Sénat) ? Ce type de follis existe au 1/40 L. (poids théorique 8,12 g, B. 424, pl. XLVII) et au 1/48 L. (poids théorique 6,77 g, B. 444, pl XLIX).
Very light weight, but large module follis corresponding to a size of 1/40 L. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. The legend on the obverse is in the dative of dedication. Consular bust of nice style. A radical change occurs in the representation. Another innovation is the appearance of the letters S|C in the field. We wondered about the presence and meaning of these letters S C. Could they simply mean “Senatus Consulto” (with the authorization of the Senate)? This type of follis exists in 1/40 L. (theoretical weight 8.12 g, B. 424, pl. XLVII) and 1/48 L. (theoretical weight 6.77 g, B. 444, pl. XLIX)

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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