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ID number: BIRBI-LR0123 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): 1.76 Weight (g): 2.25 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2658. |
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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 A CRAYIA NVS P F ΠVC (our lord Gratian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CONCO□ DIH HIICCC (concord of the three Augusti). Mint mark: SMK Γ (Cyzicus 3).
Bibliography: RIC IX 18a
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