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ID number: BIRBI-LR0529 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Theodosius II; Arcadius; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Late Roman Date made: 401-403 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 2.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 171. Second hand shop, Shepherd's Bush Road run by W. Morgan, 1913. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing 3/4 r. cuirassed, helmeted. Reverse: Constantinopolis, enthroned, with spear in r. hand and crowning Victory on orb in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …OOOSII· ·… (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: COH…ORO -H -□CC (concord of the Augusti). Mint mark: TMK… (mint of Cyzicus).
Bibliography: RIC X 96
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