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ID:     5341LG
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Diocletian
Date Ruled:     AD 284-305
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE Fraction
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 303
Obverse Legend:     DIOCLETI_ANVS P F AVG
Obverse Description:     Laureated bust right
Reverse Legend:     PRIMI/XX/IOVI AVG/COS VIII/PTR
Reverse Description:     Laurel wreath enclosing PRIMI/XX/IOVI AVG/COS VIII/PTR
Mint Mark:     PTR
Mint:     Trier
Primary Reference:     RIC unlisted
Photograph Credit:     Roma Numismatics
Source:     http://www.romanumismatics.com
Notes:     This coin is known in gold (see RIC VI 075), but is unrecorded in bronze. COS VIII would date the issue to 303 A.D. "nteresting test strike for RIC 75, which was found near the Roman bridge in Trier, where it had evidently been lost or discarded."