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ID number: BIRBI-LR0398 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Arcadius; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 403-408 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.48 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 671. A. H. Baldwin, September 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing 3/4 r. cuirassed, diademed, helmeted, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand. Reverse: Victory, seated, inscribing on shield.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N HRCADI VS P F AVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: XX / XXX (prayers for 20 years of rule, more for the 30th anniversary). Peripheral: NOVA SPES REIPVBLICAE Δ (new hope of the Republic). Mint mark: CONO S (Constantinopolis 2).
Bibliography: RIC X 29
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