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ID number: BIRBI-LR0315 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: 388-393 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.32 Weight (g): 1.15 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1216. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory dragging captive with l. hand, a Christogram in l. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: C N ΔL …DCT… (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: SΠΠT… VITIΛS (health of the Republic). Mint mark: ΛQV (mint of Aquileia).
Bibliography: RIC IX 58c
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