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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-LR0359
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:  392-395
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.17
Weight (g):  4.80
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1149.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard in r. hand and orb in l. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N HRCADI VS P F ΠVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIH ROMΠNORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: SMK B (Cyzicus 2).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 27b

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Whitting, Philip David
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