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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 676852, member: 5682&quot;]I would think of this coin as great learning tool. Personally, I like to see the inscriptions on the front (example, DNARCADIVSPFAUG) and a clearer image of the deities or personifications on the back. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, you have the incentive to study the history behind the man portrayed on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Arcadius:</p><p><br /></p><p>*His father was the great Theodosius I, the man who stabilized the Roman Empire and later formalized permanently the division between the Western and Eastern Empire.</p><p>*After his father Theodosius died in AD 395, his younger brother Honorius ruled the Western Empire and Arcadius ruled the Eastern Empire.</p><p>*His dimwitted brother Honorius allowed Rome to be sacked by the Goths in AD 410.</p><p>*Arcadius was a weak emperor who relied on his court, his wife, and his praetorian prefect to run the Empire for him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman coinage offers great opportunities to learn about the history and culture of people who lived so long ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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