Mint of Aquileia

c. 294 CE to 437 CE

Aquileia is an ancient Roman city in Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) from the sea, on the river Natiso (modern Natisone), the course of which has changed somewhat since Roman times. Aquileia was founded by the Romans in 181 a.C. receiving the Ius Latii, which marked it as a friend and allied of Rome. The monetary emissions of Aquileia begin in 294 AD on the occasion of the election of the city as the seat of one of the new monetary mints established by Diocletian to supply the Empire with cash. It coins the three metals, in moderate quantities in all cases, being their bronzes not scarce but yes quite less frequent than those of the Gallic or Eastern mints. 

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c. 294 CE to 437 CE

Aquileia is an ancient Roman city in Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) from the sea, on the river Natiso (modern Natisone), the course of which has changed somewhat since Roman times. Aquileia was founded by the Romans in 181 a.C. receiving the Ius Latii, which marked it as a friend and allied of Rome. The monetary emissions of Aquileia begin in 294 AD on the occasion of the election of the city as the seat of one of the new monetary mints established by Diocletian to supply the Empire with cash. It coins the three metals, in moderate quantities in all cases, being their bronzes not scarce but yes quite less frequent than those of the Gallic or Eastern mints. 

The mint of Aquileia will maintain three operative offices during the tetrarchian period, reserving the first two to the augusti and the third to the caesars. It will be closed by Constantine in 324 and reopened again by the same sovereign in 334. Its three offices will continue producing coins until 364, when one of them closes. Hereafter the minting will continue in two workshops, although considerably diminished in terms of volume of emission. The final closure of the mint occurs during the reign of Valentinian III, in the year 437 at the latest.

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