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VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 01/01/2015 10:10 pm ... and the last to arrive. As far as late Roman coinage goes, I'm more partial to the coins of the western half of the empire so I especially try to pick up western issues of Honorius and later. Recently I acquired the more common Valentinian III and Honorius Victory advancing reverses from Rome mint, but this one I can't help but like a little more. This is an AE4 of Honorius with the scarce emperor holding two captives reverse, legend is GLORIA ROMANORVM. As usual with many scarce/rare bronzes of this time period, these don't come up often and when they do they are usually in pretty bad shape. This one is better than the few of this type I've seen offered. One of the highlights of my particular example is definitely the bust. Its not 1st century lifelike but the style is of better quality than your average AE4 and is preserved well (aside from most of his hair). Honorius ruled from 393 to 423 AD. Honorius, Western Roman Empire AE nummus Obv: D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, bust right Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor standing right with head left, right hand on head of a kneeling captive, left hand over a kneeling suppliant Mint: Rome (struck 409-410 AD), Mintmark: SMRP or SMRQ Ref: RIC X 1355 A marble bust of Honorius: Honorius on a diptych: Map of the Western empire, along with the Eastern empire: Report this Post to the Staff

VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 01/01/2015 10:12 pm Now that I look at it the obverse photo could be better so I'll try and snap another photo of it. Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 01/01/2015 10:20 pm Very nice coin . I am sorry but this guy was totally worthless, and as Gibbon states the best thing Honorius did was die. Sorry to take away the shine from an otherwise nice late Roman bronze. You get some fruit for the very nice coin and for listening to my rant of this "Emperor" Edited by Augustus Maximus 01/01/2015 10:20 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 01/01/2015 10:22 pm Nice - quite some depth (at least going by the pictures) Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 01/01/2015 10:27 pm Lol don't worry no offense taken. I know the reputation of this guy. He was no savior of the empire at all. You know your rule was pretty bad when all you're pretty much remembered for is the first sack of Rome in 800 years! If you want a very late emperor that actually worked hard to bring the western empire back from the brink, read about this guy (my avatar is a coin of him): http://www.roman-empire.net/collapse/majorian.html Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 01/01/2015 10:36 pm Alas poor Majorian betrayed by a friend in the end ! One can only think of what he could have done he had lived Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/01/2015 10:45 pm Very nice detail and patina. Report this Post to the Staff
Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 01/01/2015 10:53 pm The ball was dropped on this guy's watch for sure. I love the patina of this coin. I also have to agree it conditionally is better than others offered. An interesting coin just oozing history. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 01/01/2015 10:55 pm Search for the story about Honorius and his chicken named Roma. That one will make you facepalm. Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 01/01/2015 10:57 pm @A.N. When I first read in Gibbons book how Honorius had Stilicho murdered and basically left Rome for dead I nearly had a heart attack . Honorius = Report this Post to the Staff
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