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ID number: BIRBI-R2541 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Rome Denomination: Argentius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 294 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.84 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1969. B. A. Seaby, 1941. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, laureate, facing r. Reverse: Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius Chlorus, and Galerius, draped, sacrificing over tripod; behind, gate in a six-turreted enclosure.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DIOCLET IANVS AVG (Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDE NTIA AVGG (Imperial providence). R in exergue.
Bibliography: RIC VI 30a
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