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ID number: BIRBI-LR0386 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Reading Hoard Maker: Arcadius; Mediolanum Denomination: Siliqua Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Milan Culture: Late Roman Date made: 393-394 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.7 Weight (g): 1.46 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4726. 30th of January 1968, exchanged with James R. Steward, ex Sydenham Collection, acquired by Steward in November 1948, ex Milman Road Reading Hoard. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Roma, seated, with spear in l. hand and crowning Victory on orb in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ARCADI VS R Π Λ… (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: MRTMS RO MANORVM (virtue of the Romans). Mint mark: -IDPS (mint of Mediolanum).
Bibliography: RIC IX 32b
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