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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2500 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Antioch Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 285 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 3.96 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 879. Presented by Mr C. E. Blunt, 1925. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing r., holding globe in r. and sceptre in l., facing Hercules, naked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and club and lion-skin in l.; Δ in field, between figures. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C G VAL UIOCLETIANVS P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG (Jupiter and Hercules, the Protectors of the Two Emperors). In Exergue: XXI• Bibliography: RIC V 323 Notes: According to RIC, the XXI• in the exergue of the reverse and the Δ in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Antioch. |
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| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Antioch | |
| Diocletian Roman 244 312 | |
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