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ID number: BIRBI-LR0422 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): 1.70 Weight (g): 1.55 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Whitting 636. |

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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 crowning Victory on orb in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …VS P A Λ-T (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: …VI A IIVC (concord of the Augusti). Mint mark: …NT… (mint of Antiochia).
Bibliography: RIC X 98
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