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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| | | 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. | £145.00  |  |
| | Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua 017001 | Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Silver, 1.09 grams, 13.92 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 (with wreath and palm branch held forwards) on globe, and reversed spear; mintmark MDPS in exergue. RIC IX Milan 32b; cf Sear (1988) 4227. Fine. | £30.00 |  |
| | | 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 |  |
| | Arcadius 013422 | Arcadius 'Roma on Cuirass' Siliqua Silver, 0.95 grams; 12.77 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 off flan in exergue. RIC X 1227, Milan. Clipped, otherwise extremely fine. | £75.00 |  |
| | Arcadius 012379 | Excessively Rare Arcadius 'Ancient Imitation Votive' Siliqua Silver, 1.16 grams; 13.57 mm. Imitating Constantinople. 383-395 AD. Obverse: DN ARCADI-VS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VOT X MVLT XX, in four lines within wreath. The uneven engraving of the legends, rough hair lines, unnatural eye and nose and overly large lettering on the reverse are signs of this being an ancient imitation. The X shape in the binding at the bottom of the wreath suggest that it is an imitation of issues from Constantinople. Imitative of RIC IX Constantinople 77e/87b. Good very fine. | £175.00 |  |
| | Arcadius 008537 | Scarce Arcadius 'Votive' Siliqua Silver, 1.05 grams; 14.71 mm. Milan. 388-394 A.D. Obverse: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VOT X MVLT XV, in four lines within wreath; mintmark MDPS in exergue. RIC IX Milan 27a, Sabatier 28; rated Scarce in RIC. Very fine and better. A significant coin which has been published on wildwinds.com | £120.00 |  |
| | 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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