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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1897476, member: 42773&quot;]Ardatirion and I went to the Red Rose coin show today, and I really didn&#039;t expect to find any ancients, but one dealer did have a small selection. Here&#039;s a Theodosius II I picked up.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]323980[/ATTACH]</p><p>The coin is a continuation of a type that had three emperors on the reverse, issued by Arcadius, Honorius, and Theodosius II. When Arcadius died, that made two, and the legend was altered to GLORIA ROMANORVM.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the mint mark is mostly off-flan, this is variety A, with one emperor larger than the other, and the legend breaks GLORIA ROMA-NORUM. This variety is only known from Thessalonica, and what remains of the mint mark on this coin does seem to fit TESA.</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC does not say which of the emperors is the smaller or larger, but presumably Theodosius was the small one, being only 7-years-old when Arcadius died. Honorius was his uncle.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought the coin had decent eye-appeal for a 5th-century bronze. Bronzes with blue patinas are uncommon, at least in my limited experience. It&#039;s RIC X, 396, issued from 408-23.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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