Arcadius (383 - 408 AD)

Flavius Arcadius was Byzantine Emperor in the Eastern half of the Roman Empire from 395 until his death.

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Scarce Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua 022809

Scarce Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua
Silver, 1.45 grams, 16.88 mm. Trier mint, 392-395 AD. Obverse: DN ARCADI-VS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and sceptre with barb. Mintmark TRP(S). RIC IX Trier 106b var (sceptre), Sear 4227 var (sceptre). Scarce. Extremely fine. Timeline Originals offered a similar coin with a barb on the sceptre, Item 018257, January 2010.

£145.00

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Scarce Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua 022809
Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua 022088

Extremely Rare Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua
Silver, 1.13 grams, 16.96 mm. Milan. 393-394 AD. Obverse: DN ARCADI-VS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear. Mintmark MDPS in exergue. RIC IX Milan 32b; cf Sear (1988) 4227, rated R3. Extremely fine/very fine, uncleaned 'as found' condition.

£90.00

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Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua 022088
Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua 020867

Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua
Silver, 1.34 grams, 16.53 mm. Milan. 395-423 AD. Obverse: DN ARCADI-VS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear; mintmark MDPS in exergue. RIC X 1227, Sear 4227. Very fine and better.

£65.00

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Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua 020867
Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua 020866

Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua
Silver, 1.15 grams, 15.51 mm. Trier. 392-395 AD. Obverse: DN ARCADI-VS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear; mintmark TRPS in exergue. RIC IX Trier 106b, Sear 4227. Slightly clipped, otherwise good very fine/extremely fine.

£110.00

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Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua 020866
Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua 020552

Arcadius 'Roma' Hoard Siliqua
Silver, 1.38 grams, 17.11 mm. Milan. 395-423 AD. Obverse: DN ARCADI-VS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory (with wreath and palm branch over shoulder) on globe and inverted spear with spur; mintmark MDPS in exergue. RIC X 1227; cf Sear (1988) 4227. Small striking crack otherwise near extremely fine. From the Filey, Yorkshire Hoard, 2009 (disclaimed under Treasure Act, 1996, reference 2009:T286).

£110.00

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Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua 020552
Arcadius 000086

Rare Arcadius 'Virtus' Siliqua
Silver, 0.96 grams, 15.71 mm. Mediolanum 388 - 394 A.D. Obverse: D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Rome seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and spear. MDPS in exergue. RIC 32b. Listed as Rare 3 in RIC. Very fine.

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Arcadius 000086
Arcadius 013573

Arcadius 'Roma' Light Siliqua
Silver, 0.81 grams, 14.11 mm. Milan. 395-423 AD. Obverse: DN ARCADI-VS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM, Roma, seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe (with wreath and palm branch over shoulder) and reversed spear with one spur. Mintmark MDPS just off flan in exergue. RIC X 1227. (Siliqua after 394 AD were halved in weight from 1.9 g to about 0.9 g) in order to combat the increasing silver shortage due to the loss of silver-producing cities to enemies. Slightly clipped, very fine and better.

£75.00

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Arcadius 013573
Arcadius 001896

Arcadius 'Victoria' AE4
Bronze, 1.04 grams; 13.79 mm. Arles, Circa 388 - 392 A.D. Obverse: D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. TCON below exergue. RIC 30e, not in RCV. Very fine.

£30.00

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Arcadius 001896


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RIC = Mattingly, Harold    The Roman Imperial Coinage
BMC = Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum
RSC = Seaby, H A    Roman Silver Coinage
RCV = Sear, David R    Roman Coins and Their Values
Cr = Crawford, Michael    The Roman Republican Coinage
SB = Sear, David R    Byzantine Coins and Their Values
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WW = Wildwinds.com (reference & attribution site)



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