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ID number: BIRBI-R2481 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: Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 292-294 Metal: Debased silver Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 3.51 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 571. W. S. Lincoln, 1923. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Diocletian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, seated l., holding Victory on globe in r. hand and sceptre in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP DIOCLETIHNVS AVG (Emperor Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: IOVI AVGG (Jupiter Augustus). II in exergue.
Bibliography: RIC V 34
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