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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     Z3779 Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Diocletian Date Ruled:     AD 284-305 Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     Follis Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 305-307 Diameter:     28.5 mm Weight:     9.68 g Obverse Legend:     D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG Obverse Description:     Laureated bust right, in imperial mantle, right hand holding an olive branch, left a mappa. Reverse Legend:     PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG Reverse Description:     Providentia standing right, extending right hand to Quies standing left, right hand holding branch (up), and left leaning on sceptre Exergue:     PTR Mint Mark:     PTR/ S in left field/ KS in center field/ F in right field Mint:     Cyzicus (incorrectly attributed to Trier) Primary Reference:     RIC unlisted Photograph Credit:     Beast Coins Source:     http://www.beastcoins.com Notes:     (1) This obverse inscription is unrecorded in RIC with the KS field mark. (2) On p. 208, footnote I states "The significance of the letters in the reverse field has not yet been explained." What appears to have happened is this reverse type was created in Trier and the die sent to Cyzicus to copy. In error, the celator did not realize the exergual mark was for Trier as was to replace it with a Cyzicene type, possibly due to the precedent set with the post-reform radiate folles where a field mark was used instead of an exergual. Two other attributes point to justify this hypothesis: Cyzicus did not use the longer version of BAEATISSIMO on this issue as standard and the style of the reverse is typical of retirement issues from Cyzicus vs. Trier as evidenced by the employment of a small branch for Quies and the generally compact nature of this mint, versus the often bold and grandiose style of Trier. In any event, even under the listings for Trier, this example is not noted for officina 6, although officinas 4 and 6 were the only documented ones in RIC which produced this series.

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