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ID number: BIRBI-LR0466 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Honorius; Arcadius; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Late Roman Date made: 406-408 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.50 Weight (g): 1.61 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 603. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Honorius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: three Emperors each with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …HONC…I… (our lord Honorius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CVOHI… (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: SMN V (mint of Nikomedia).
Bibliography: RIC X 146
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