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ID number: BIRBI-LR0321 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Arcadius; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Late Roman Date made: 384-388 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.17 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2886. Clement Platt, Paris, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: two Victories facing each other, each with laurel wreath in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D H ARCADIVS P F ΔVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIΛ AVC (Victory of the Augustus). Mint mark: TES Γ (Thessalonica 3).
Bibliography: RIC IX 63c
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