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ID number: BIRBI-R2493 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Ticinum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: 285 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 3.69 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1333. W. S. Lincoln, 1931. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding thunderbolt in r. and sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIHNVS P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CON-S-ERVHT (Jupiter, the Protector). In Exergue: VIXX…
Bibliography: RIC V 222
Notes: According to RIC, the VIXX[IT] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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