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ID number: BIRBI-R2449 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Carausius; Diocletian; Maximian; Londinium Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: 286-293 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 4.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3438. A. H. Baldwin, 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped, standing facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and sceptre in l.; S and P in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMΓ C DIOCLETIANVS Γ F HVG (Imperator Caesar Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: PA-X A-V-CCC (Imperial Peace). In Exergue: MIXXI
Bibliography: RIC V 9 (Carausius, Diocletian, Maximian)
Notes: According to RIC, the MIXXI in the exergue of the reverse and the S and P in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Londinium.
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