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Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.33 g, 6h). Cyzicus mint. Pre-reform, struck AD 286-287. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / FATIS VICTRICIBVS, S C in exergue, the Parcae (Three Fates) standing facing, each holding cornucopia, holding between them two rudders. RIC V 294; Lukank 9; Depeyrot 5/5; Calicó 4449. Lightly toned, underlying luster, minor smoothing on obverse. EF.
Ex Hess-Leu 24 (16 April 1964), lot 344.
The Parcae - Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos - were the daughters of Erebus (Night). The Romans generally referred to them as Fata, or Fate. They were responsible for human destiny: the first held the distaff from which the thread of life was woven, the second spun it to the appropriate length, and the third cut it at the appointed time. The remarkable reverse legend, FATIS VICTRICIBVS, declares that destiny is left "to the victorious Fates."
Ex Hess-Leu 24 (16 April 1964), lot 344.
The Parcae - Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos - were the daughters of Erebus (Night). The Romans generally referred to them as Fata, or Fate. They were responsible for human destiny: the first held the distaff from which the thread of life was woven, the second spun it to the appropriate length, and the third cut it at the appointed time. The remarkable reverse legend, FATIS VICTRICIBVS, declares that destiny is left "to the victorious Fates."