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ID number: BIRBI-R2524 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: 294 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.26 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1586. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Galerius, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Providentia, draped, standing facing l., holding baton in r. and sceptre in l.; globe at feet, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: GAL VHL MAXIMIANVS NOB C (Galerius Valerius Maximian, Noble Caesar). Reverse: PHUVIDE-N-T DEOR (Foresight of the Gods). In Exergue: II
Bibliography: RIC V 689 var.
Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the II in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Lugdunum. As opposed to the RIC type, the mintmark is II, rather than I.
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