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ID number: BIRBI-LR0391 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Arcadius; Honorius; Aquileia Denomination: Siliqua Place made: Europe: Italy, Aquileia Culture: Late Roman Date made: 407-408 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 1.69 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3964. A. H. Baldwin, September 1961. |
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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 ΛRCADI VS P F ΛVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS HO MΛNORVM (virtue of the Romans). Mint mark: AQPS (mint of Aquileia).
Bibliography: RIC X 1241
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