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ID number: BIRBI-LR0390 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Arcadius; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Late Roman Date made: 394-395 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 2.68 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1112. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Roma with spear in r. hand and crowning Victory on orb in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …ARCΛO IVS P F ΛT… (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: …D ΓO ...Λ FELIX (the prosperous city of Rome). Mint mark: SMΓ… (mint of Roma).
Bibliography: RIC IX 67b
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