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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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