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ID number: BIRBI-R2480 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: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.83 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1924. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, holding shield in l., facing r. 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 AVG (Imperator Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: IOV-I H-VGG (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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