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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2496
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Diocletian; Kyzikos
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  284-294
Metal:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  4.60
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2833. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., holding sceptre in l., receiving Victory on globe in r., from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding sceptre in l.; H in field, between figures.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C C VHL DIOCLETIHNVS HHC (Imperator Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: CONCORDIH MILITVM (Harmony of the Soldiers). In Exergue: XXI

Bibliography:  RIC V 306

Notes:  According to RIC, the XXI in the exergue of the reverse and the [A] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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