$3,500.00 USD
DIOCLETI ANVS AVG. Laureate head of Diocletian right / VICTORIA SARMAT. The four tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod before camp enclosure with eight turrets; pellet at middle of archway. RIC 34a; Jelocnik 4a. Great strike with gorgeous luster. Rare this nice.
Diocletian, born Diocles (244–312), was a Roman emperor from 284 to 305. Born to a family of low status in Dalmatia, Diocletian rose through the ranks of the military to become Roman cavalry commander to the Emperor Carus. After the deaths of Carus and his son Numerian on campaign in Persia, Diocletian was proclaimed emperor. The title was also claimed by Carus' other surviving son, Carinus, but Diocletian defeated him in the Battle of the Margus. Diocletian's reign stabilized the empire and marks the end of the Crisis of the Third Century. He appointed fellow officer Maximian as Augustus, co-emperor, in 286.
