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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #6
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                 Web Product ID: 1510
                 Estimate: $400.00
                 Final Sale Price: $462.00
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                 Denomination: Solidus
                 Grade: VF
                 Reference: RIC X 1319; DOCLR 735; Depeyrot 7/1




  Honorius. 393-423 AD. AV Solidus (4.44 gm). Struck 402-423 AD. Ravenna mint. D N
  HONORI-VS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI-A AVGGG,
  Honorius standing right with left foot on captive, holding standard and Victory on a
  globe; R V/COMOB. RIC X 1319; DOCLR 735; Depeyrot 7/1. VF, graffito ('M') on obverse
  above portrait. Estimate $400.



  The disastrous reign of the younger son of Theodosius the Great saw the beginning of
  the final disintegration of the Roman Empire in the West. Initially, affairs of state
  were in the capable hands of Stilicho, but in 408 the great general fell victim to a
  palace intrigue. Two years later Rome itself was captured and sacked by Alaric the
  Visigoth while Honorius cowered in the security of his retreat at Ravenna. During the
  remaining thirteen years of his reign Honorius watched helplessly while the
  barbarians made increasingly frequent incursions into imperial territory. Whole
  provinces, including Britain, were lost forever, though the Empire was able to
  maintain a sort of shadow existence in the West for a further half century following
  Honorius' death in 423.