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ID number: BIRBI-LR0332 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Arcadius; Constantinople Denomination: Tremis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 397-402 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.47 Weight (g): 1.41 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1095. A. H. Baldwin, February 1962, from a wartime sale. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory with wreath in r. hand and cross on orb in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N AACADI VS P F AVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTOAIA ΔVCVSTOAVM (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: CONO B (Constantinopolis 2).
Bibliography: RIC X 19
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