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ID number: BIRBI-LR0423 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Arcadius; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Late Roman Date made: 401-403 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 1.93 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1176. W. S. Lincoln, 1930. |
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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: D H Λ…C·D·… SVV… (our lord Arcadius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: …C.ΠDI M ΔVCC (concord of the Augusti). Mint mark: ONT Γ (Antiochia 3).
Bibliography: RIC X 97
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