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ID number: BIRBI-R2482 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: 286 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 2.91 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 990. W. S. Lincoln, 1928. |
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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 thunderbolt in r. and sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIHNVS P F ΔVC (Imperator Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CONSERVHT HVGG (Jupiter, Protector of the Two Emperors).
Bibliography: RIC V 43
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