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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0333
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Arcadius; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  383
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.24
Weight (g):  5.39
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1145.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand, surmounted by hand holding wreath. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard with cross in r. hand and shield in l. hand, a captive in l. field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N AACHO IVS P F HVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLOΠIH AO MHNOAVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: CON Γ [star] (Constantinopolis 3).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 53b

3 Related People

Arcadius
Roman

408
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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