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ID number: BIRBI-LR0102 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Gratian; Arelate Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles Culture: Late Roman Date made: 378-383 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.84 Weight (g): 2.31 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1285. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Gratian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Roma, enthroned, holding globe in r. hand and spear in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N GRATIA NVS P F ΛVΓ (our lord Gratian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS RO MHNORVM (virtue of the Romans). Mint mark: PCON (mint of Arelate).
Bibliography: RIC IX 23
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