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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0346
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:  388-392
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.31
Weight (g):  1.28
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1113.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory with trophy in r. hand dragging captive with l. hand, in l. field a Christogram.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D H ARCHDIVI P F AVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: ΣIICV… VV… (health of the Republic). Mint mark: CONS Γ (Constantinopolis 3).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 86c

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Constantinople
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Whitting, Philip David
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