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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0343
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):  1.51
Weight (g):  1.36
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1106.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: inscription surrounded by laurel wreath.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N □ΠCADIVS P C HVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: ··C / · (prayers for 5 years of rule). Mint mark: …ON Γ (Constantinopolis 3).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 62b

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Arcadius
Roman

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Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
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