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ID number: BIRBI-LR0319 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Arcadius; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Late Roman Date made: 383-384 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.70 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2434. A. H. Baldwin, 27th of March 1954. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand, surmounted by hand holding wreath. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard with cross in r. hand and shield in l. hand, a captive in l. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ARCAD IVΓ P P AVG (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIA RO MANOPVΠΠ (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: TES Γ (Thessalonica 3).
Bibliography: RIC IX 45a
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