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ID number: BIRBI-LR0353 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Arcadius; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Late Roman Date made: 383 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.52 Weight (g): 5.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4189. A. H. Baldwin, 21st of October 1963. |
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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 in r. hand and shield in l. hand, a captive in l. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N HRCHD IVS V F HIIC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIH PO MHNORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: SMK B (Cyzicus 2).
Bibliography: RIC IX 15 var.
Notes: Mint mark not recorded for this type.
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