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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 1978409, member: 25357&quot;]Another pick up from the lot I purchased last week.&nbsp; Emperor Arcadius.&nbsp; My first Eastern Roman Emperor.&nbsp; I got this little coin for a song...and $10.&nbsp; Well OK, only ten bucks.&nbsp; Still can&#039;t believe how inexpensive this ancient coin hobby can be.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>Arcadius</b> (</i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" rel="nofollow"><i>Latin</i></a><i>: Flavius Arcadius Augustus; </i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" rel="nofollow"><i>Greek</i></a><i>: Ἀρκάδιος; 377/378 – 1 May 408) was </i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow"><i>Eastern Roman Emperor</i></a><i> from 395 to 408. He was the eldest son of </i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I" rel="nofollow"><i>Theodosius I</i></a><i> and his first wife </i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelia_Flaccilla" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelia_Flaccilla" rel="nofollow"><i>Aelia Flaccilla</i></a><i>, and brother of the Western Emperor </i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorius_(emperor)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorius_(emperor)" rel="nofollow"><i>Honorius</i></a><i>. A weak ruler, his reign was dominated by a series of powerful ministers, most notably Rufinus the Goth, then Eutropius the eunuch and also by his wife, </i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelia_Eudoxia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelia_Eudoxia" rel="nofollow"><i>Aelia Eudoxia</i></a><i>.&nbsp;&nbsp; His father declared him an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" rel="nofollow">Augustus</a> and co-ruler for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">Eastern half of the Empire</a> in January 383. His younger brother <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorius_(emperor)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorius_(emperor)" rel="nofollow"><i>Honorius</i></a> was also declared Augustus in 393, for the Western half.</i></p><p><i>&nbsp; <b>Wikipedia cut and paste history.</b></i></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Arcadius; </b>AD 395-408 </p><p>AE4. Cyzicus Mint SMKB, 11mm/2.6g</p><p>OBV: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right</p><p>REV: VIRTVS-EXERCITI, emperor standing left, head right, holding spear and resting left hand on shield. Victory, standing beside him, crowns him with a wreath held in her right hand. (RIC X 66B)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]352480[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]352481[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Eastern Roman Emperors![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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