1393.   ARCADIUS .  383-408  AD.  Æ  19mm  (2.20 gm).  Struck  384-389  AD.
Thessalonica mint.  Bust left,  wearing imperial mantle,  holding mappa and
sceptre /  Camp gate,  christogram; G /TES. RIC IX  59c; LRBC  -. VF, rough
surfaces. Rare. ($500)

The occasion for this rare consular issue is not certain. It could
commemorate the appointment in 385 AD of Arcadius to his first consulship
at the age of eight or have been struck during the unsettled political
situation later in the decade.


CNG Mail bid sale #58, 18 Sept 2001, lot 1393.
 
 Lot sold for $410.


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