Arcadius AE17, 3.14 gr. Bronze weight for solidus (exagium solidi), 
404 AD. Constantinople. 

DDD NNN AAA VVV GGG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed busts facing
of (from left to right) Honorius, Theodosius II and Arcadius; cross above.
EXAG SOL SVB V INL IOHANNI COM S L, Moneta standing left,
holding scales and cornucopiae, eight-rayed star in right field.
Minkmark CONS.
 
Cohen 8; Sabatier I, 9; Bendall 10-.

Extremely rare.

Note: the reverse legend is abbreviated from "exagium solidi 
sub viro inlustri Iohanni comite sacrarum largitionum".
Johannes was the Comes Sacrarum Largitionum in 404 AD and
was responsible for the management of the income from certain 
trade and special taxes, as well as the income from imperial
workshops, mines and mills.

Contributed by Dr. Hubert Lanz, auction November 2000, 
Added July 2011.