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ID number: BIRBI-R2522 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galerius; Diocletian; Lugdunum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 293-294 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 3.90 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 1584. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Galerius, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two Concordiae, draped, standing facing l. and r., clasping r. hands and holding cornucopiae in l.; in exergue, horizontal line of pellets with rounded shape at l. end.
Inscriptions: Obverse: GHL VHL MHXIMIHNVS NOB C (Galerius Valerius Maximian, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CUNCORDIA AVCC (Harmony of the Two Emperors).
Bibliography: RIC V 678
Notes: According to RIC, the [symbol] in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Lugdunum.
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