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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-LR0116
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Gratian; Kyzikos
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  378-383
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.88
Weight (g):  2.59
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1284.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Gratian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Roma, enthroned, with orb in l. hand and spear in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D H CRATIΛ NVS F N ΛYC (our lord Gratian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CONCOR DIΛ ΔVCCC (concord of the three Augusti). Mint mark: SIIR B (Cyzicus 2).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 18a var.

Notes:  Mint mark not recorded on RIC

2 Related People

Kyzikos
Roman; Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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