Hi. I've just acquired this bronze coin weighing 2.11 g. which figures a knight riding a horse. Such coins are usually considered scarce. I welcome all your comments. Thanks.
I could make out the word gloria romanorvm on your bronze. Could be a Roman gloria romanorvm bronze. The rider is not a knight but either a Gladiator, roman soldier or Nepotian.. similar to this one - 350AD
It reads Honorius and was issued at Antioch by Theodosius, Arcadius and Honorius. RIC dates it to 393-395 AD. Many of the coins of this period are short some legend but the RIVS here makes the ID certain. The Neopotian is an AE2 type and should weigh close to double this coin. Mine is similar but from Cyzicus.
The last letters I can read , are: SUSPFAUG. Before that, the letter is likely to be an O but I'm not sure.
Far it from me to try to back Doug up, but I was going to say Honorius as well (darn old netbook, slower than a seven year itch).
RIC 69c is Arcadius but how you can read the letter before the IVS on the OP coin as a D is beyond me. RIC 69e is the Honorius. Their specimen is illustrated on plate XIV, 20. I can not read the officina letter on the OP coin but RIC lists it with three choices, gamma being most frequent. The Honorius of this type will probably be less common than the other two rulers since he was not elevated until after the series began but such a difference will not affect price of the coin in the market. acsearch shows two examples of the coin, both with a clear legend and mintmark but one rough ($8) and one nicer ($93). http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=896769 high http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1650487 amazingly high The brothers tend to look similar in the art style of the day. There is a much greater difference from int to mint and die to die than between the faces.
