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ID:     711588
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Diocletian
Date Ruled:     AD 284-305
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Aureus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 293-294 (?)
Weight:     5.62 g
Die Axis:     7 h
Obverse Legend:     DIOCLETI_ANVS P F AVG
Obverse Description:     laureated head right
Reverse Legend:     IOVI FVLG_E_RAT_OR_I
Reverse Description:     Jupiter running right, hurling thunderbolt in raised right hand at a kneeling (anguipede) giant to right
Exergue:     PR
Mint Mark:     PR
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     RIC unlisted
Reference2:     Lukanc P. 183, 3 (same obv. die)
Reference3:     Calicó 4530a (this coin)
Reference4:     Depeyrot 6/8
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=76816
Notes:     Very rare - The obverse inscription is an unlisted variant of RIC V/II #144 - His dating of the companion type at Trier (Depeyrot 2B) is 295 AD, which must also be the correct date for the Rome mint issue.Although Jupiter possessed numerous epithets, most of which were associated with his role as a sky-god, that of fulgurator