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ID number: BIRBI-LR0361 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): 1.6 Weight (g): 1.95 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 680. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, riding horse, raising r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: V N …DI VS P F HVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLOHIH ROMHNOHVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: SVK A (Cyzicus 2).
Bibliography: RIC IX 29b
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