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ID number: BIRBI-R2490 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: 290 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.69 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3714. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing r. with foot drawn back to throw thunderbolt in r.; eagle holding wreath at feet, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP DIOCL□-TIHNVS HVC (Imperator Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: IOVI FVLGER-ΠTORI (Jupiter, The Thunderer). In Exergue: XXIΓ
Bibliography: RIC V 168 var.
Notes: According to RIC, the XXIΓ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome. As opposed to the RIC type, this coin has an eagle at Jupiter's feet on the reverse.
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