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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0354
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Arcadius; Kyzikos
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  383
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.5
Weight (g):  6.58
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4190. A. H. Baldwin, 21st of October 1963.
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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 in r. hand and shield in l. hand, a captive in l. field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N HHCHD IVS D P HVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIH RO MHNORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: SMK Γ (Cyzicus 3).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 15 var.

Notes:  Mint mark not recorded for this type.

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Whitting, Philip David
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