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ID number: BIRBI-LR0311 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Arcadius; Aquileia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Aquileia Culture: Late Roman Date made: 383-387 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.6 Weight (g): 1.86 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1097. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard with Chi-Ro in l. hand dragging captive with r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ΛHC… VS P F AVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIΠ RO… (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: SVAOP (mint of Aquileia).
Bibliography: RIC IX 45c
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