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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-LR0326
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):  2.21
Weight (g):  4.20
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1137.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard in r. hand and orb in l. hand stepping on captive.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D □ ΛHCADIVS P F AVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: C… XEPCITI (glory of the army). Mint mark: ·SMH B (Heraclea 2).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 24c

3 Related People

Heraclea
Roman


Arcadius
Roman

408
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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