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 'Votive' AE4 018347

Arcadius 'Votive' AE4
Bronze, 1.20 grams, 14.87 mm. Heraclea. 388-392 AD. Obverse: DN ARCADIVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VOT V, within laurel wreath. Mintmark SMHA in exergue. RIC IX Heraclea 18b; cf Sear 4235. Almost extremely fine. A significant coin which has been published on wildwinds.com

£35.00

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Arcadius 'Votive' AE4 018347
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

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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

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Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua 017001
Arcadius 'Votive' AE4 018499

Rare Arcadius 'Votive' AE4
Bronze, 1.07 grams, 14.21 mm. Cyzicus. 393 AD. Obverse: DN ARCADIVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VOT X MVLT XX, within wreath; mintmark SMK_ (the officina letter has never been discovered) in exergue. RIC IX Cyzicus 21d; cf Sear (1988) 4235. Very fine. A significant coin which has been published on wildwinds.com

£15.00

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Arcadius 'Votive' AE4 018499
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 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

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Arcadius 013422
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

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Arcadius 012379
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

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Arcadius 008537
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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Main Roman Coin Book and Other References:

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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