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ID number: BIRBI-LR0331 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Arcadius; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 383 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.16 Weight (g): 4.51 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 451.Glendining, 7th of December 1953. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Constantinopolis, enthroned, with sceptre in r. hand and orb in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ARCADI VS P F AVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CONCOADI A AVCCC E (Concord of the three Augusti). Mint mark: CONO B (Constantinopolis 2).
Bibliography: RIC IX 45c (rev.); 46g (obv.)
Notes: Mule of RIC IX 45c (reverse) and RIC IX 46g (obverse).
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