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ID number: BIRBI-R2486 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: 291 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.04 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3562. Presented by B. W. M. Horsfield, 1960. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Salus, draped and diademed, standing facing r., feeding serpent in arms.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP DIOCLETIΔNVS AVG (Imperator Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: SALVS AVGG (To the Health of the Two Emperors). In Exergue: C
Bibliography: RIC V 89
Notes: According to RIC, the C in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Lugdunum.
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