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ID number: BIRBI-LR0354 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): 2.5 Weight (g): 6.58 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4190. 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 HHCHD IVS D P HVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIH RO MHNORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: SMK Γ (Cyzicus 3).
Bibliography: RIC IX 15 var.
Notes: Mint mark not recorded for this type.
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