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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2483
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Diocletian; Lugdunum
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: France, Lyons
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  289
Metal:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.35
Weight (g):  3.84
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 989. W. S. Lincoln, 1928.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and sceptre in l.; eagle at feet, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C DIOCIETIHNV… P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI TVTHTORI HVGG (Jupiter, Guardian of the Two Emperors). In Exergue: P

Bibliography:  RIC V 53

Notes:  Silvered. According to RIC, the P in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Lugdunum.

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