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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8280734, member: 110350&quot;]How about his big brother:</p><p><br /></p><p>Eastern Roman Empire, Arcadius (son of Theodosius I and older brother of Honorius), 383-408 AD, AV Solidus 397-402 AD, Constantinople Mint (9th Officina). Obv. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing three-quarters right, holding spear over right shoulder and shield on left arm bearing image of horseman right; D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG / Rev. Helmeted Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, head right, with right knee bare and right foot resting on prow, holding long scepter with right hand and, on left hand, Victory with wreath standing on globe; CONCORDI-A AVGG Θ [Theta, for 9th Officina]; in exergue, CONOB [for Constantinople Mint]. RIC X 7 at. p. 240 (1994); Depeyrot II Constantinople 55/1 Arcadius at p. 246 (55th emission for city since AD 337) (30 examples of type from 9th Officina; 285 overall) [Depeyrot, George., <i>Les Monnaies d&#039;Or de Constantin II à Zenon (337-491)</i> (Wetteren 1996)]; Dumberton Oaks Catalogue, Late Roman 207-217 (217 = 9th Officina) and Plate 8 [P. Griessen. &amp; M. Mays, <i>Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, etc.</i> (1992)]; Sear RCV V 20706 (ill. p. 431) (1994). 20 mm., 4.44 g. <i>Purchased from Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Frankfurt, Germany, 1 April 2021. Ex. Auktionen Münzhandlung Sonntag Auktion 33 Lot 36 (23.11. 2020); ex. Auktion 116 München Münzhandlung Karl Kreß [Kress](Otto Helbing Nachfolger), Lot 729 (28.10.1960).</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1462422[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Next, a coin of Arcadius not made of gold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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