brm_092747 - ARCADIUS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 55.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 55.00 €
Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 400/402
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,57 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Patine sable. Flan échancré
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG/ *|-.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé d'Arcadius à droite , tenant une haste de la main droite et le bouclier de la main gauche vu de trois quarts en avant, couronné par la main de Dieu (F’13).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Arcadius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Arcadius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-MANORVM// SMK.
Reverse description : Arcadius, Honorius et Théodose II debout de face, vêtus militairement.
Reverse legend : D
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des Romains).
Commentary
Revers inhabituel. poids léger.
Unusual reverse. Lightweight
Unusual reverse. Lightweight
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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