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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
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