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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2523 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galerius; Diocletian; Lugdunum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 295 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 3.43 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1585. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Galerius, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing facing l., raising r. hand and holding whip in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: MHXΓMIHNVS NOB C (Maximian, Noble Caesar). Reverse: ORIE-N-S AVGG (The Rising Sun of the Two Emperors). In Exergue: D Bibliography: RIC V 684 var. Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the [B] in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Lugdunum. As opposed to the RIC type, the figure of Sol on the reverse is standing l., rather than walking. |
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| Diocletian Roman 244 312 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Lugdunum Roman | |
| Galerius Roman 311 | |
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