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ID number: BIRBI-LR0383 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Arcadius; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Late Roman Date made: 392-395 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2 Weight (g): 4.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1153. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard with cross in r. hand and orb in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N RHCΛDIV… (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORIΛ …NORVM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: ALE H (Alexandria 2).
Bibliography: RIC IX 21b
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