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ID number: BIRBI-LR0323 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: 384-388 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.36 Weight (g): 1.08 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1093. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: two Victories facing each other, each with laurel wreath in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ARCADIVS P F ΔVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: …ICTVVIIH AVC (Victory of the Augustus). Mint mark: illegible.
Bibliography: RIC IX 63c
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