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Bronze Æ 4 - Æ 13 mm - 2 grams - Die axis 01:00 - RIC IX (Siscia) 39(c) - Struck AD 384-387.
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DN ARCADIVS PF AUG (Dominus Noster A. Pius Felix Augustus - Our Lord A. the Pious and Blessed Augustus). Small bust of emperor facing right, pearl-diademed, cuirassed and draped. |
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VICTOR-IA AVGGG (Victoria Augg - Victory of the Augustii).
Victoria, draped, advancing leftwards. Right arm uplifted carrying crown and in left a palm. The three G’s represent each of the rulers at the time: Arcadius, Valentinian II, Theodosius I. |
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BSIS : Siscia, 2nd (Beta) Officina. Struck AD between 384-387 since Siscia closed definitively in 387. Emissions from it’s last years are very rare. |
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Arcadius (383-408 ad) was born in 377. Proclaimed Augustus by his father on the 19th January 383. After the death of Theodosius I, Arcadius inherited the Orient. He was a weak emperor however and left ‘all the fun’ to his wife Empress Eudoxia who did rule, and with an iron hand. When she died in 404 power moved to the beneficient Praetorian Prefect Anthemius. Military power was in the hands of Gaïnas, a Goth. Arcadius died in 408, aged but 30.
Obv. : Good - Rev. : Good.
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