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ID number: BIRBI-LR0334 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Arcadius; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Late Roman Date made: 383 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.32 Weight (g): 5.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3558. A. H. Baldwin, 1960. |
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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 HACAD IVS P F HVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLOAIH AO MHNOAVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: CON Γ [star] (Constantinopolis 3).
Bibliography: RIC IX 53b
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