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ID number: BIRBI-R2484 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: 292 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.82 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 20. Found and Purchased in Chichester, 1916. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing plumed helmet and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Minerva, draped and helmeted, standing facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and leaning on shield and spear with l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP DIOCLETIHNVS HVG (Imperator Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: PHX HVGG (Imperial Peace). In Exergue: H
Bibliography: RIC V 63
Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the [A] in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Lugdunum.
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