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ID number: BIRBI-R2499 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): 2.10 Weight (g): 3.45 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2832. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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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.; A in field, between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C C VHL DIOCLETIHNVS HVC (Imperator Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: CONCORDIH MI-LITVM • (Harmony of the Soldiers). In Exergue: XXI•
Bibliography: RIC V 306
Notes: According to RIC, the XXI• in the exergue of the reverse and the A in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos.
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