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ID number: BIRBI-LR0530 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Theodosius II; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Late Roman Date made: 408-423 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.50 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 180. Second hand shop, Shepherd's Bush Road run by W. Morgan, 1913. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Theodosius, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed, a star in l. field. Reverse: two figures each with spear in outer hand and shield in inner hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N TH□VDO SI□S… (our lord Theodosius pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: …OP… AOM ….VH (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: …MK Λ (Cyzicus 1).
Bibliography: RIC X 415
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