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ID number: BIRBI-R2489 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 292 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 3.68 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3715. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing frontally with head facing r., holding sceptre in r. and thunderbolt in l.; eagle holding wreath at feet, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP DIOCLE-TIHNVS AVG (Imperator Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CON-SERVAT AVGG (Jupiter, Protector of the Two Emperors). In Exergue: XX[laurel wreath]IZ
Bibliography: RIC V 166
Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the XX[laurel wreath]IZ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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