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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

3 Related People

Arcadius
Roman

408
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Antioch



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