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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
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