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ID number: BIRBI-LR0339 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Arcadius; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 383-388 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.28 Weight (g): 5.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1133. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard in r. hand and orb in l. hand stepping on captive.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O H CLCΠDIVS P F AVCVSIVS (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VIDLVS Y XERCIΓI (virtue of the army). Mint mark: CONS □ (Constantinopolis 4).
Bibliography: RIX IX 83c var.
Notes: Mint mark not recorded for this type
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