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ID number: BIRBI-LR0387 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Arcadius; Honorius; Ravenna Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Late Roman Date made: 402-403, 405-406 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.1 Weight (g): 4.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 866. A. H. Baldwin, January 1960. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with standard in r. hand and crowning Victory on orb in l. hand stepping on captive.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N ARCADI VS P H AVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVGGG (Victory of the three Augusti). Mint mark: COMOH (mint of Ravenna).
Bibliography: RIC X 1286
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