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ID number: BIRBI-LR0325 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: 383-388 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.4 Weight (g): 4.30 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3009. Spink, 1st of October 1955, ex Bagot Collection, c. 1700. |
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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 ARCA… IVS P F ΛVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIA RO MANORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: SMH B (Heraclea 2).
Bibliography: RIC IX 22
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