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ID number: BIRBI-LR0369 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Arcadius; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Late Roman Date made: 383 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.3 Weight (g): 5.22 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 1142. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand, surmounted by hand holding wreath. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard with cross in r. hand and shield in l. hand, a captive in l. field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D II ΛRCΛD IVS P F AVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIA RO MANOPVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: [star] ANT S (Antiochia 6).
Bibliography: RIC IX 41a
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