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ID number: BIRBI-LR0317 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Theodosius I; Arcadius; Sirmium Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Serbia, Sremska Mitrovica Culture: Late Roman Date made: AD 393-395 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.43 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 281. From Rev. Fane Dickson Collection, March 1950. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, wearing pearl diadem, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, wearing military attire, standing facing r., holding standard in r. and Victory on globe in l.; his foot on captive, to r., S and M in field, to l. and r. respectively (control mark).
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVC (Our Lord Arcadius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI-A AVGGG E (Imperial Victory. E: Control mark 5). Mintmark: COMOB
Bibliography: RIC IX 14b (Sirmium)
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