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Aureus - Diocletian VICTORIA AETERNA, Victory
| Issuer | Imperial Roman Mint |
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| Year | 284-294 |
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| Value | Aureus (25⁄2) |
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| Reverse description | The goddess Victoria advances briskly to the left, depicted as a winged, draped figure wearing a helmet and rendered in the dynamic style typical of late third-century Roman aurei. She extends her right hand forward, presenting a laurel wreath, while her left hand trails a long palm branch behind her. She treads upon a short ground line beneath which a horizontal sword or spear is visible, reinforcing the martial iconography of eternal victory. The encircling legend VICTORIA AETERNA is distributed across the upper field, partially interrupted by a circular perforation at the right, pierced in antiquity or post-antiquity for use as a pendant. The field surfaces show the warm, slightly worn gold characteristic of a circulated or mounted hammered aureus from the Antioch mint. |
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| Reverse lettering | VICTORIA AETERNA (Translation: Eternal victory.) |
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| Mintage | ND (284-294) |
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