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Message:: [QUOTE="LukeGob, post: 8334004, member: 73885"]Nice coins. The 1st, with the 2 Emps. stg. F., rarely comes that nice.      Though, not to be that guy, but if I could geek out a min; it's actually Honorius & Theodosius II. They're often described as Arcadius & Honorius when sold, but that type, & a very similar one with them holding a globe btw instead (Esty-51 & 52; link provided above by the man himself), were struck starting right after the death of Arcadius. There's another type with Arcadius, Honorius & Theodosius II that was struck for all 3 (Esty-48).      However, I've seen a few of them struck for Arcadius [ATTACH=full]1477433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1477434[/ATTACH]     I got this one in a lot from St. James's Auction. The proof ain't there, but it's Cyzicus; the style & the way the "A"s are done like "H"s is classic Cyzicus. Probably a mule, BUT I've seen enough others over the yrs to make me wonder if maybe the type/s either started juuuuust before Arcadius died, or if a mint or 2 struck some in his name before word of his death reached them.      Working theory. Anybody else have an example of either type (E-51 or 52) for Arcadius? I'd love to see them if so. And would very much appreciate any thoughts on the matter.[/QUOTE]