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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0370
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Arcadius; Antioch
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Antioch
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  383
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.35
Weight (g):  4.43
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 3560. A. H. Baldwin, 1960.
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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 H ARCAD IVS P Γ ΛVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIΔ RO MANORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: [star] ANT S (Antiochia 6).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 41a

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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