v08_0708 - ARCADIUS Silique
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
unsold lot
Type : Silique
Date: 393-394
Mint name / Town : Émilie, Milan
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 900 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,92 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan légèrement ovale / Joli revers de haut relief
Catalogue references :
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'a).
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Arcadius pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS RO-MANORVM// MDPS.
Reverse description : Rome casquée, assise à gauche sur une cuirasse, tenant de la main droite un globe nicéphore et de la gauche une haste renversée.
Reverse translation : (La virilité des Romains).
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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