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ID number:  BIRBI-R2497
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Diocletian; Kyzikos
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  284-294
Metal:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  3.24
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 2146. A. H. Baldwin, 1942.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., receiving Victory on globe in r., from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding sceptre in l.; B in field, between figures.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIΛHVS HVC (Imperator Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: COHCORDIH NILITVM (Harmony of the Soldiers). In Exergue: XXI

Bibliography:  RIC V 306

Notes:  Silvered. According to RIC, the XXI in the exergue of the reverse and the B in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos.

3 Related People

Diocletian
Roman
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312
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Kyzikos
Roman; Byzantine


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