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ID number: BIRBI-LR0337 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Arcadius; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 383-388 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.39 Weight (g): 5.45 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1135. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard with cross in r. hand and orb in l. hand stepping on captive.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N AACADIVS P F AVCVSIVS (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VIATVS E XERCITI (virtue of the army). Mint mark: CONS Γ (Constantinopolis 3).
Bibliography: RIC IX 83c
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