Valens.
AD 364-378. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.48 g, 6h). Consular issue. Nicomedia mint. Struck January AD 368. D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust left, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and scepter / VOTA PV BLICA, Valentinian I and Valens enthroned facing, each nimbate and in consular robes, and holding mappa and scepter; in exergue, two bound captives vis-à-vis; N-N-M. RIC IX 16b, 8; cf. Depeyrot 19/2 (S-N-A mintmark); Biaggi 2268 var. (S-MN-N mintmark). VF, graffito “X” on Valens’ neck, a few light scratches. Rare.
From the M. A. Armstrong Collection. Ex Dürr & Michel (16 November 1998), lot 249.
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Theodosius I, with Arcadius and Honorius.
AD 379-395. Æ Exagium Solidi Weight (20.5mm, 4.14 g, 11h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa AD 402-408. DDD NNN GGG, diademed and draped facing busts of Honorius, Theodosius, and Arcadius respectively / EXAGIVM SOLIDI, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. Bendall,
Weights
8; RIC X, p. 8. VF, dark brown patina, red earthen deposits. Rare.
During the later Roman Empire, coin weights began appearing with the legend
exagium solidi
, a phrase which has often been translated as “the weight (or weighing) of a solidus”, in order to deal with the practice of clipping.
Exagium
derives from the Latin
exigere
(lit. “to drive out”). However, extant examples of these weights vary and some weigh much less than the 4.5 g of a full-weight solidus. These lighter weights are thought to possibly represent the lowest acceptable weight for aurei, and were used to withdraw under-weight solidi from circulation and thereby maintain an acceptable weight standard minimum for solidi to circulate at full value.
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Arcadius.
AD 383-408. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 7th officina. Struck AD 395-402. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Constantinopolis seated right, holding scepter and Victory on globe, foot on prow; Z//CONOB. RIC X 7; Depeyrot 55/1. EF, lustrous, a few light scratches and marks.
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Honorius.
AD 393-423. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.46 g, 11h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 403-408. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield,
Christogram on chest plate
/ Constantinopolis seated right, holding scepter and Victory on globe, foot on prow; star to left; COMOB. RIC X 43; Depeyrot 46/2. VF, tiny bump on helmet, small mark in field. Very rare, only six inventoried by Depeyrot, one in CoinArchives.
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Theodosius II.
AD 402-450. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.36 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 425-430. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Theodosius II standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger; star to left; TESOB. RIC X 362; Depeyrot 51/1. Near EF, lustrous.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Gorny & Mosch 232 (5 October 2015), lot 543.
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Theodosius II.
AD 402-450. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.15 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 2nd officina. Struck AD 430-440. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Constantinopolis seated left, holding globus cruciger and scepter, foot on prow; shield and star to right; B//CONOB. RIC X 257; Depeyrot 81/1. VF, toned.
From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Bramhall Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 96 (14 May 2014), lot 907; Robert Bridge Collection (with his ticket).
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Aelia Eudocia.
Augusta, AD 423-460. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 441/3-450. Pearl-diademed and draped bust right, Christogram on shoulder;
manus Dei
holding nimbus above / Constantinopolis seated left, foot on prow, holding globus cruciger and scepter; shield at her side to right, star in left field; CONOB. RIC X 296; Depeyrot 84/4. EF, some scratches/graffiti.
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Jovinus.
Usurper, AD 411-413. AR Siliqua (15mm, 1.41 g, 6h). Arelate (Arles) mint. D N IOVIN VS P F AVC, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / RESTIT[V TO]R REI P, Roma seated left on curule chair, holding Victory on globe in outstretched right hand and reversed spear with left; KONT. RIC X 1721; King,
Fifth
, p. 290 and pl. 22, 9; Ferrando 1717; RSC 2†b; DOCLR –. VF, toned, obverse die break, a few light marks. Rare.
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Majorian.
AD 457-461. AR Half Siliqua (11mm, 0.58 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Northern Gaul. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust right / Victory standing left, holding long cross with both hands; [**]. RIC X 2653; RSC 8†b-c; DOCLR –; Hunter –. Near VF, lightly toned, roughness with areas of smoothing, tiny chips on the edge. Rare.
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