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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.

3 Related People

Diocletian
Roman
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312
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Lugdunum
Roman


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