who is she(?)?

I expect some of you know her by her 1st. name. Roman?

 

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Roman and a he...looks like Arcadius

 

Yes, Arcadius. VIRTVS EXERCITI type, emperor standing with labarum and shield, Victory crowning from the right. Not enough in exergue for me to make out the mint.

 

Dang you all are fast, and good. Thanks. He sure was pretty. Ah Rome!

 

The busts on the coins had become stylized long before Arcadius, so you can't really go by them to know what the emperors looked like. Statuary is a better source. Here's an extant bust in the Istanbul Museum. I wouldn't call him pretty - maybe a little creepy?

 

Dat sexy Diadem

 

Hey Wmicheal, what is the weight of the coin. Thanks!

 

little known emperor, Sissyanus.

 

It was not Arcadius that you would have had to watch out for, but his wife Eudoxia.
That was a mean and powerful woman!

 

It's funny how people sometimes look the part. Arcadius was almost a non-entity, his reign dominated by various ministers and his wife. Little is known about him, other than the fact that he appeared very pious. Who knows what he might have been if he hadn't been born into Roman royalty and thrust into the role of emperor. He certainly accomplished nothing noteworthy as such.

 

I went and looked at some of his marble busts. He really did look like that in his youth.

 

Indeed JA! The age of child Emperors hiding behind the walls of Ravenna and Constantinople had begun.
I was reading about the court of Arcadius a few days ago, and man it was dirty! The worst offender was a dastardly man named Eutropius.

 

I admit to some eye problems. Creepy may be better. Still, I like my .50 center. I'm sorry but my old 3 beam gram balance was looted with my cameras and lots of other stuff. No scale.

 

I have only two coins of Arcadius...



You would think that as a collector of LRB's, I would have more, but they are challenging to come by in better grades. Most are poorly executed and poorly preserved.

 

i have an arcadius of the type WM...



go on ebay and search for "jewelry scale" and you see all sorts of little digital scales you can get shipped to you house for less than 10 bucks.

 

That's a really nice face on that 1st. (I don't mean pretty this time) Great detail !

 

I'll do that. thanks.

 

Sweet Arcadius, wmichael ... even the notch in your coin is kinda cool lookin'

Yah, I only have this one silver example (I love the looks of it) ...

Arcadius, AR Siliqua
Quinquennalia issue, Mediolanum (Milan) mint
383-408 AD
Struck AD 388
Diameter: 17 mm
Weight: 1.43 grams
Obverse: Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: VOT V/MVLT X in four lines within wreath
Reference: MDPS. RIC IX 13; Ulrich-Bansa, Moneta, 23; RSC 27B



... thanks JA ... it looks pretty sweet beside the statue (I'm gonna tuck that baby into my coin notes)

Hey, today is our Annual Canada Day Croquet & Drink-Fest (we thought we'd have it this Saturday rather than Wednesday, July 1st ... close enough)

Cheers-cheers-cheers

 

Love that Siliqua, Steve!
I will have to show off my latest Siliqua acquisitions some day.

 

Kool coin. Another interesting face for the kid.