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Antoninianus - Diocletianus IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 289-292 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Reverse description | Jupiter, nude, stands frontally with head turned to the right, his powerful figure rendered in the classical divine tradition. In his right hand he holds a long vertical sceptre, while his left hand extends forward bearing a thunderbolt. At his feet, an eagle faces right, holding a wreath in its beak — a standard divine attribute pairing Jupiter with his sacred bird. The reverse legend is distributed around the field, with the officina and mint mark appearing in the exergue. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Diocletian's IOVI CONSERVATORI coinage was not decorative theology — it was a calculated political program. By binding the imperial office to Jupiter's protection, Diocletian formalized the divine mandate of Roman rule at a moment when the empire had cycled through roughly two dozen emperors in fifty years. The plural AVGG in the legend dates this piece to the early Tetrarchic period, after Maximian's elevation to co-Augustus in 286, but before the appointment of the two Caesars in 293 that would shift titulature again.
RIC V.2 166F places this issue among the later Lugdunum or Ticinum output, distinguishing it by officina mark.