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ID number: BIRBI-LR0148 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Theodosius I; Aquileia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Aquileia Culture: Late Roman Date made: 388-393 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.35 Weight (g): 1.52 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1209. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory holding tropy in r. hand and dragging captive with l. hand, in left field a christogram.
Inscriptions: Obverse: V - THEOR· SIVS P P AVC (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: SALVS ΛEI PYOIΓOΛI (health of the Republic). Mint mark: TAO (mint of Aquileia).
Bibliography: RIC IX 58b
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