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ID number: BIRBI-R2479 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: 290-292 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1923. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, wearing imperial mantle, holding sceptre in r., facing l. 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 DIOCLETIHNVS HVG (Imperator Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: IOVI HVCC (Imperial Jupiter). In Exergue: H
Bibliography: RIC V 28
Notes: According to RIC, the [A] in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Lugdunum.
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