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ID number: BIRBI-LR0421 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: 401-403 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.45 Weight (g): 2.78 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Whitting 1130. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, facing 3/4 r. cuirassed, diademed, helmeted, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand. Reverse: Constantinopolis, enthroned, with sceptre in r. hand and orb in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D H LV… VS P P ΔVC (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CONCORDI …V· (concord of the Augusti). Mint mark: ANT Γ (Antiochia 3).
Bibliography: RIC X 97 or 98
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