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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-LR0134
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Anonymous; Rome
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  308-392
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.36
Weight (g):  1.25
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1263.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Isis, facing r. draped, hem-hem crowned. Reverse: Nile reclined over orb with reed in l. hand and ship in r. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ISIS IH… …IA (Isis of Pharos). Reverse: VOTΛ …VBLI CI (official prayers).

Bibliography:  Vagi 3393

2 Related People

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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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