brm_910482 - ARCADIUS Nummus
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Type : Nummus
Date: 401-403
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,36 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli buste. Patine foncée et sable
Obverse
Obverse legend : DN ARCADI-VS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, diadémé, et cuirassé d’Arcadius de face vu de trois quarts de face à droite, tenant une lance sur l’épaule et un bouclier orné d’une croix (N’a).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Arcadius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Arcadius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORDI-A AVGG/-|-// SMKA.
Reverse description : Constantinople assise de face, tournée à droite, casquée et drapée, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main gauche et un sceptre long de la main droite, le pied gauche posé sur une proue de navire.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum”, (La Concorde des deux augustes).
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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