Description
Collection Number: WC 5575
Object Number:
Dates: 394 - 402
Denomination: Solidus
Dimensions: 21.37mm
Weight: 4.41g
Authority: Arcadius
Mint: MediolanumMilan
Languages: Latin
Obverse Type: DN ARCADI-VS P F AVG; Pearl diademed bust, draped and cuirassed
OCRE: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG; Bust of Arcadius, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right
Obverse Legend:
DN ARCADI-VS P F AVG
Obverse Inscription Languages: Latin
Obverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Obverse Inscription Comment: N/A
Reverse Type: VICTORI-A AVGG; RIC IX: Emperor standing right, holding standard and Victory on globe and trampling on captive, RIC X: Emperor standing right, holding standard and Victory on globe; with his left foot he treads down a seated bound captive, with one leg more or less straight (c) or one leg sharply bent at the knee (d)
OCRE: VICTORI-A AVGG; RIC IX: Emperor, standing right, holding standard and Victory on globe, and trampling on captive; RIC X: Arcadius, draped, cuirassed, standing right, holding standard in right hand and Victory on globe in left hand; spurning seated bound captive with left foot
Reverse Legend:
VICTORI-A AVGG
Reverse Inscription Languages: Latin
Reverse Mintmarks:
M/D//COMOB
Reverse Inscription Comments: N/A
Bibliography
RIC IX p. 84 n. 35b, Plate VI,10
or RIC X p. 318 n. 1205, Plate 34
Grierson Mays 265-267, Plate 10
Ratto p. 2 n. 12, Plate I
Tolstoj --
Sabatier p. 103 n. 18, Plate IV,2 (Ravenna)