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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0325
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Arcadius; Heraclea
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Marmara Ereğlisi
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  383-388
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.4
Weight (g):  4.30
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 3009. Spink, 1st of October 1955, ex Bagot Collection, c. 1700.
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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 ARCA… IVS P F ΛVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIA RO MANORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: SMH B (Heraclea 2).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 22

3 Related People

Arcadius
Roman

408
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Heraclea
Roman


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