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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0366
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):  1.35
Weight (g):  0.80
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1109.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: inscription surrounded by laurel wreath.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N HILCIIOIVS D F HVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: IIOT / X / HVLT / XX (prayers for 10 years of rule, more for the 20th anniversary). Mint mark: SHM Γ (Cyzicus 3).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 21d

3 Related People

Arcadius
Roman

408
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Kyzikos
Roman; Byzantine


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