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ID number: BIRBI-LR0368 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: 388-392 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1117. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory with trophy in r. hand dragging captive with l. hand, in l. field a Christogram.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N HRCH□I.S P F ΠVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: SΠLVS REI PVBLIVISI (health of the Republic). Mint mark: SWK A (Cyzicus 1).
Bibliography: RIC IX 26c
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