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For my Ancient album  Arcadius AE3.15mm Diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor advancing right, carrying labarum and dragging captive, TES in ex. 383-408 AD   swcoin.ecrater.com
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Nice coin, I have only shoddy base metal coins from him - don't forget to take care of the vicious green stuff.
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Love this portrait.
I am always amazed at Thessalonian coins. The celator's always seem to have a remarkably different style. Look at the size of that ear!! Protruding nose, fish eye with big eyebrow. Very interesting.
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02/06/2015 02:00 am
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Yeah, the "fish eye" got me and the neck in the back position - almost looks normal :-)
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I like these small late Roman coins, from there size they managed to have some nice detail. Nice coin.
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Thanks chrsmat71!
It has nice weight for it's size.
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Nice and small coin but it can give us a lot of information. Arcadius was son of Teodosius, born in Hispania (377 AD). He got the title of Augustus in 383 and he was eastern roman emperor from 395 (his brother Honorius was western roman emperor also in 395 but from 375 to 392 the western emperor was Valentinianus II). Thessalonica mint (TES) had four officinae during this period. Teodosius used the second and fourth (beta and delta), Valentinianus II the first one (alfa) and Arcadius used the third "oficina" with gamma mint-mark (in greek script), as your coin has right of the emperor in obverse. This was during Arcadius childhood. If we check in http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/042/042.htm for this mint-mark they date in 383-392 And in that picture ("Compendio de las monedas del Imperio Romano, Vol 4, Juan R. Cayón) I have signaled two similar marks, I think yours correspond to the first one, date in 378-383.Well, this is only an exercise  |
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Very informative Veton. Thank you :-)
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It's a common reverse type, but not so for Arcadius.
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Not at all, Vermontensium. I correct previous post, gamma mint-mark is in reverse.
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