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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0302
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.; 1962 Po Valley Hoard
Maker:  Arcadius; Treveri
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  388-392
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.13
Weight (g):  4.46
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1223. Presented by "Past+Present members of the History VIII", 29th of June 1963, who obtained it from H. Hertzfelder and Alfred Baldwin, previously found in a Po Valley hoard c. end of 1962.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: two emperors, draped, nimbate, enthroned, both holding an orb with their r. hand and r. one holding mappa with l. hand, between them a cross, between their feet a palm branch, behind them a Victory.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N ARCADI VS P F AVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTOR IA AVCC (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: COM (mint of Treveri).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 90c

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Whitting, Philip David
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Arcadius
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