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ID number: BIRBI-R2483 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: 289 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 3.84 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 989. W. S. Lincoln, 1928. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, 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 C DIOCIETIHNV… P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI TVTHTORI HVGG (Jupiter, Guardian of the Two Emperors). In Exergue: P
Bibliography: RIC V 53
Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the P in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Lugdunum.
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