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ID number: BIRBI-LR0147 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: 379-383 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.49 Weight (g): 1.17 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1280. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Gratian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: inscription surrounded by laurel wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CPHTIΛ HVS P C HVC (our lord Gratian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VOT / XX / MVLT / XXX (prayers for 20 years of rule, more for the 30th anniversary). Mint mark: SHK A (Cyzicus 1).
Bibliography: RIC IX 22a
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