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Numismatics

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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