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ID number: BIRBI-R2492 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Oman, Charles Maker: Diocletian; Ticinum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: 292 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.70 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 991. Ex Sir Charles Oman Collection, 1928. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Hercules, naked, standing facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and club, bow and lion-skin in l.; H in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVC (Imperator Caesar Valerius Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: HERCVL-I CONSERVAT (Hercules, the Protector). In Exergue: XXIT
Bibliography: RIC V 218
Notes: According to RIC, the XXIT in the exergue of the reverse and [A] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Ticinum.
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