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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0357
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:  383-388
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.49
Weight (g):  4.17
Provenance:  Whitting 1138.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard with cross in r. hand and orb in l. hand stepping on captive.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N HRCHDIVS D F HVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VIPTVS E XERCITI (virtue of the army). Mint mark: SMK Δ (Cyzicus 4).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 25c var.

Notes:  Reverse has a Christogram.

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3 Related People

Kyzikos
Roman; Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Arcadius
Roman

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