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ID number:  BIRBI-R2528
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Diocletian; Galerius; Constantius I; Maximian; Treveri
Denomination:  Argenteus
Place made:  Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  295-297
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  2.99
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 2132. Spink, 1942.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius I, and Galerius, draped, standing facing inward, sacrificing over tripod; behind, gate in six-turreted enclosure.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DIOCLETI-ANVS AYC (Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: VICTOHIA SΛHMHT (Victory over the Sarmatians). In Exergue: D

Bibliography:  RIC VI 104A

Notes:  According to RIC, the D in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Treveri.

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