139

Coin (Follis)

Origin

Castro de Alvarelhos, Alvarelhos, Trofa.

Material

Bronze.

Description

Reform period (AD 260–469)

II – (AD 294 – 312/13)

Ticinium

As Follis, Diocletianus, Ticinium, 300-305.

Obverse: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG; laureate bust to right.

Reverse: SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR; Moneta standing to left, holding scales in the right hand and a cornucopia in the left – PTT.

Classification and chronology

RIC VI, p. 286, n.º 43 A / Castro de Alvarelhos – Phase IV

Dimensions

Axis / Module – 5h45 / 27 mm

Mintmark / Weight – __|__ / 8,3 gr.

Deposit

MMAP [ALV. 98 B1, A1, op. 205]

Bibli.

MOREIRA 2007, 113; 2010, 1069.