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 'Roma' Siliqua 018267

Scarce Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua
Silver, 1.49 grams, 15.75mm. Trier. 392-395 AD. Obverse: DN ARCAPI-VS PF AVG (sic), 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 106c; Sear (1988) 4227. Note: RIC lists this obverse legend as a known type. This engraver's error passed unnoticed in ancient Trier. Extremely fine with a softer reverse.

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Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua 018267
Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin 018266

Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin
Silver, 1.39 grams, 16.25mm. 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 TR in exergue. RIC IX Trier 106b var (mintmark, possibly TRPS weakly struck) Sear (1988) 4227 var (ditto). Good fine. Provenance: from the Filey, Yorkshire Hoard, 2009 (disclaimed under Treasure Act, 1996, reference 2009:T286). With the British Museum annotated coin envelope and a copy of the BM disclaiming letter dated 10th September 2009.

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Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin 018266
Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin 018260

Rare Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin
Silver, 1.16 grams, 16.54mm. 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 held forwards) on globe, and sceptre. Mintmark MDPS in exergue. RIC IX Milan 32b; cf Sear (1988) 4227. Note: This type with sceptre instead of a spear is not in RIC but is a known type. It is possible that the RIC description is in error. Extremely fine. Provenance: from the Filey, Yorkshire Hoard, 2009 (disclaimed under Treasure Act, 1996, reference 2009:T286). With the British Museum annotated coin envelope and a copy of the BM disclaiming letter dated 10th September 2009.

£175.00

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Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin 018260
Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin 018257

Scarce Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin
Silver, 1.51 grams, 15.68mm. Trier. 392-395 AD. Obverse: DN ARCAPI-VS PF AVG (sic), 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 106c; Sear (1988) 4227. Note: RIC lists this obverse legend as a known type. This engraver's error passed unnoticed in ancient Trier. Extremely fine. Provenance: from the Filey, Yorkshire Hoard, 2009 (disclaimed under Treasure Act, 1996, reference 2009:T286). With the British Museum annotated coin envelope and a copy of the BM disclaiming letter dated 10th September 2009. A significant coin which has been published on wildwinds.com

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Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin 018257
Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin 018256

Scarce Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin
Silver, 1.51 grams, 15.68mm. Trier. 392-395 AD. Obverse: DN ARCAPI-VS PF AVG (sic), 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 106c; Sear (1988) 4227. Note: RIC lists this obverse legend as a known type. This engraver's error passed unnoticed in ancient Trier. Extremely fine. Provenance: from the Filey, Yorkshire Hoard, 2009 (disclaimed under Treasure Act, 1996, reference 2009:T286). With the British Museum annotated coin envelope and a copy of the BM disclaiming letter dated 10th September 2009. A significant coin which has been published on wildwinds.com

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Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin 018256
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Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin 018253

Rare Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin
Silver, 1.36 grams, 17.60mm. Rome. 407-408 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 inverted spear with one spur. Mintmark RMPS in exergue. RIC X 1266; cf Sear (1988) 4227. Slightly clipped otherwise extremely fine. Provenance: from the Filey, Yorkshire Hoard, 2009 (disclaimed under Treasure Act, 1996, reference 2009:T286). With the British Museum annotated coin envelope and a copy of the BM disclaiming letter dated 10th September 2009. A significant coin which has been published on wildwinds.com

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Arcadius 'Roma' Siliqua Hoard Coin 018253
Arcadius 'Roma and Victory' Siliqua 015367

Arcadius 'Roma and Victory' Siliqua
Silver, 1.26 grams, 17.52 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. Near extremely fine/very fine.

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Arcadius 'Roma and Victory' Siliqua 015367
Arcadius 'Votive' Siliqua 008768

Scarce Arcadius 'Votive' Siliqua
Silver, 1.05 grams, 13.69 mm. Milan. 395-423 AD. Obverse: DN ARCADI-VS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VOT X MVLT XV, within laurel wreath, (MDPS in exergue). RIC X 1224; Sear -. Scarce. Slightly clipped otherwise extremely fine with original lustre.

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Arcadius 'Votive' Siliqua 008768
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.

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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.

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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.

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Arcadius 012379
Arcadius 008733

Extremely Rare Arcadius 'Roma and Victory' Siliqua
Silver, 1.24 grams; 14.66 mm. Milan. 388-394 A.D. Obverse: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM, Roma seated left on cuirass holding Victory and reversed spear with a single spur; MDPS just off flan in exergue. RIC IX Milan 32b; RSC 27b. Rated R3 in RIC. Very fine and better.

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Arcadius 008733
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

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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.

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Arcadius 001896
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


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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