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Numismatics

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

3 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Arcadius
Roman

408
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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