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ID number: BIRBI-LR0250 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Theodosius I; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Late Roman Date made: 379-383 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.32 Weight (g): 0.94 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1172. W. S. Lincoln, 1930. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: inscription surrounded by laurel wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N TVVODO SIVC D F HII (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: IIOT / X / MIILΓ / XX (prayers for 10 years of rule, more for the 20th anniversary). Mint mark: SNC Γ (Cyzicus 3).
Bibliography: RIC IX 21c
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