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Coinage of the
Tetrarchy
Listed below are coins of the Roman Imperial period, which
lasted from 284 A.D. until A.D. 324 which overlaps the coinage of the
Constantinian period. Emperor Diocletian selected his friend Maximianus as
co-emperor in 286 A.D. Later in 293 A.D. Diocletian appointed his Praetorian
Prefect, Galerius, as a Caesar to help him govern. He also instructed Maximianus
to appoint his Praetorian Prefect, Constantius Chlorus, as Caesar to assist him.
It was the joint rule of these two Augusti and two Caesars that the term
Tetrarchy refers to.
| (RB00050) Diocletian, 284-305 A.D. |
| AE Antoninianus |
| Obv. - IMP. C. C. VAL. DIOCLETIANVS PF. AVG.,
Radiate,
draped, and cuirassed
bust of Diocletian right. |
| Rev. - CONCORDIA MILITVM, Diocletian standing right,
receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left. |
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| Attribution: Sear - 3510, Van Meter - 21 |
| (RB00007) Diocletian, 284-305 A.D. |
| AE Antoninianus |
| Obv. - IMP. C. C. VAL. DIOCLETIANVS PF. AVG.,
Radiate,
draped, and cuirassed
bust of Diocletian right. |
| Rev. - CONCORDIA MILITVM, Diocletian receiving Victory on
globe from Jupiter. |
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| Attribution: Sear - 3510, Van Meter - 21 |
| (RB00033) Maximianus, 286-305 A.D. |
| AE Antoninianus |
| Obv. - IMP. C. M. A. MAXIMIANVS PF. AVG.,
Radiate, draped,
and cuirassed
bust of Maximianus right. |
| Rev. - CONCORDIA MILITVM, Maximianus standing right,
receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left. KA in field. |
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| Attribution: Sear - 3639, Van Meter - 45 |
| (RB00003) Constantius I Chlorus, 293-305 A.D. |
| AE Antoninianus |
| Obv. - FL. VAL. CONSTANTINVS NOB. CAES.,
Radiate and draped
bust of Constantius right. |
| Rev. - CONCORDIA MILITVM, Jupiter standing right. |
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| Attribution: Sear - 3665, Van Meter - 16 |
| (RB00002) Galeria Valeria, second wife to Galerius |
| AE Follis |
| Obv. - GAL. VALERIA AVG.,
Diademed and draped
bust of
Galeria right. |
| Rev. - VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing left, holding apple. |
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| Attribution: Sear - 3730(v), Van Meter - 3 |
| (RB00062) Galeria Valeria, second wife to Galerius |
| AE Follis |
| Obv. - GAL. VALERIA AVG.,
Diademed and draped
bust of
Galeria right. |
| Rev. - VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing left, holding apple. |
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| Attribution: Sear - 3730(v), Van Meter - 3 |
| (RB00026) Maximinus II, 309-313 A.D. |
| AE Follis |
| Obv. - IMP. C. GAL. VAL. MAXIMINVS PF. AVG., Laurelled head
of Maximinus II right. |
| Rev. - GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing left. |
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| Attribution: Van Meter - 8 |
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