Radiate (coin)

Radiate (coin)

The radiate or "Post-reform radiate" (the actual name, like many Roman coins of this time, is unknown), was introduced by Diocletian during his reforms. It looked very similar to an Antoninianus even with a radiated crown, except it misses the XXI that numismatists believe was to represent 20 parts bronze to 1 part silver. The radiate had little or no content of silver. The weight varies between 2.23 [http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/diocletian/_cyzicus_RIC_015a.5.txt retrieved 13 sept 2006 ] and 3.44 grams [http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/diocletian/_cyzicus_RIC_015a.txt] .

Only one image is defined on coins found "Jupiter presents Victory on a globe to Diocletian" (Wildwinds [http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/diocletian/_cyzicus_RIC_015a.5.txt] ) with the mintmark in between the human images [http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/diocletian/_heraclea_RIC_013.jpg]

References

Accessed on 13 september 2006
* [http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/zoompg.asp?param=16853q00.jpg&id=15768 Radiate on Forumancientcoins]
* [http://dougsmith.ancients.info/voc5.html Doug smith information on denomination]


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