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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-LR0130 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Anonymous; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Late Roman Date made: 308-392 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.47 Weight (g): 1.68 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 3016. Ex Bagot Collection, October 1955, circa 1700. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Sarapis, facing l. draped, modiused. Reverse: sphinx raising front l. leg. Inscriptions: Obverse: DEO SP RAPIDI (to the god Sarapis). Reverse: VOTΛ… VBLICA (official prayers). Bibliography: Vagi 3385 var. Notes: Pierced. Sphinx in reverse is advancing, not sitting, and raising l. foreleg instead of r. foreleg. |
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| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
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