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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0324
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Arcadius; Heraclea
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Marmara Ereğlisi
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  383
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.41
Weight (g):  5.07
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1146.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand, surmounted by hand holding wreath. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard with cross in r. hand and shield in l. hand, a captive in l. field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N AHCAD IVI D F ΛVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIA RO MΔN… (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: SMH B (Heraclea 2).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 12

3 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Arcadius
Roman

408
Heraclea
Roman


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