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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2550 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Kyzikos Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 295-299 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 3.04 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2834. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Diocletian, wearing military attire, standing facing r., receiving Victory on globe in r. from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., leaning on sceptre with l.; KB in field, between figures. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C C VHL DIOCLETIHNVS P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CONCORDIH MI-LITVM (The Harmony of the Soldiers). Bibliography: RIC VI 16A Notes: According to RIC, the KB in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos. |
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3 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Diocletian Roman 244 312 | |
| Kyzikos Roman; Byzantine | |
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