brm_863780 - ARCADIUS Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
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Type : Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 392-395
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 4,43 g.
Officine: 1e
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement décentré. Beau buste au droit malgré l’usure. Revers agréable. Patine hétérogène, marron-vert
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé d’Arcadius à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’c) ; diadème gemmé et perlé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Arcadius Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Arcadius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA - ROMANORVM// ANTA.
Reverse description : Arcadius debout de face, vêtu militairement, tourné à droite, tenant un labarum chrismé de la main droite et un globe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des romains).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
ARCADIUS
(01/19/383-05/1/408)
Arcadius was born in 377. Proclaimed august by his father on January 19, 383, he inherited the East after the death of Theodosius I. The weak Emperor let Rufin, the prefect of the Praetorium, and Eutrope, a palace eunuch, govern. Empress Eudoxia has considerable influence over the Emperor, and military power is in the hands of Gaïnas, a Goth. In 402, Arcadius associates his son Theodosius II, born the previous year, and a falling out ensues with Honorius. Arcadius dies in 408, aged 30.
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