brm_978421 - ARCADIUS Nummus
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Price : 150.00 €
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Nummus
Date: 395-401
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,47 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Belle monnaie bien centrée. De beaux détails, buste presque SUP au droit. Patine verte
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) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Arcadius Pius Felix Augustus" (Notre seigneur Arcadius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCITI/ -|-// CONSB.
Reverse description : Arcadius, vêtu militairement debout à gauche, tenant une haste de la main droite, la main gauche appuyée sur un bouclier couronné par Victoria, placée derrière lui.
Reverse translation : "Virtus Exerciti" (La virilité de l’armée).
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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