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ID number: BIRBI-LR0298 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Aelia Flaccilla; Theodosius I; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Late Roman Date made: 383-388 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.31 Weight (g): 5.80 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1218. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Aelia Flaccilla, facing r. draped, with elaborate head-dress, necklaced. Reverse: Empress folding her arms.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΛEL PLAC CILLΛ ΛVC (Aelia Flaccilla Augusta). Reverse: SΛLVS REI PVBLICΛE (health of the Republic). Mint mark: AHT E (Antiochia 5).
Bibliography: RIC IX 62
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