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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2495 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: 294 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.67 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3576. A. H. Baldwin, 1960. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, walking l. but head facing r., holding thunderbolt in r. and eagle in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: DIOCLETIHNVS P F ΠVC (Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI PR-OPV-GNHT (Jupiter, the Defender). In Exergue: XXIT Bibliography: RIC V 237 var. Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the XXIT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum. As opposed to the RIC type, the reverse legend differs (it does not include IMP at the beginning) and Jupiter holds an eagle in l. (it is not on the ground). |
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| Diocletian Roman 244 312 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Ticinum | |
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