Gold Solidus - Honorius & Victory c 393 - 423 AD

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Gold Solidus - Ancient Rome, c. 393-423 AD (struck c. 395-402 AD).

Ruler: Honorius.

Obv: Diademed bust of Honorius, right.

Rev: Honorius standing right, with standard and Victory, foot on captive.

Mint: Milan (RARE).

21mm, 4.46gm.

After holding the consulate at the age of two, Honorius was declared Augustus by his father Theodosius I, and thus co-ruler, on 23 January 393 after the death of Valentinian II and the usurpation of Eugenius.

When Theodosius died, in January 395, Honorius and Arcadius divided the Empire, so that Honorius became Western Roman Emperor at the age of ten.

  • Inventory# PA-2745
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