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Numismatics

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

3 Related People

Arcadius
Roman

408
Antioch



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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
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