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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

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Arcadius
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