Tremisis - Arcadius Victory facing right, VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM; Constantinopolis
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Theodosius I (379-395)
Arcadius (383-395) |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 383-388 |
| Value | Tremissis (⅓) |
| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 1.42 g |
| Diameter | 15 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 461246 |
| References | RIC IX# 75c John William Ernest Pearce, Harold Mattingly, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1951. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 9. Valentinian I - Theodosius I (AD 364–395). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.9.cnp.75COnline Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Arcadius, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG
Unabridged legend: Dominus Noster Arcadius Pius Felix Augustus.
Translation: Our Lord Arcadius, pious, successful emperor.
Reverse
Victory advancing right and facing right, holding wreath and cross on globe.
Constantinople mintmark in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering: VICTORIA - AVGVSTORVM
Unabridged legend: Victoria Augustorum.
Translation: Victory of the emperors.
Mint
| CONOB | Constantinople (ancient), modern-day Istanbul, Turkey (330-476) |
Comments
In the preface to Arcadius in RIC X, it states "VICTORIA - AVGVSTORVM was retained from the reign of Theodosius I. Shortly before his death (January 395), the type had been slightly altered by changing the direction of Victory's head so that she now looked to the left. Coins of this revised type were struck between 395 and 403." Therefore if Victory is facing left, the coin is instead RIC X, 19.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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