Obverse: IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust of Diocletian facing right.

Reverse: HERCVLI CONSERVAT, Hercules standing right, right habd on hip, resting on club set on rock, lion's skin on left arm, XXI in ex. preceded by officina mark T, and followed by mint mark T.

Sear: 12648. RIC: v, ii, p. 242, 212. [Ticinum, AD 285-286].

Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 4.3 g.

A superb billon antoninianus of Diocletian. The reverse with a detailed depiction of the hero Hercules. The pose of the image suggests that it was probably derived from a statue. A fantastic example struck on a large flan with sharp details and incipient silvery toning.