Hello all I'm new here and can usr some help. I just got this coin and after doing some research i think it is an ARCADIUS. Could anyone please help me and verify that I'm correct?
I think you are correct, looks like the legend is "DNA????". Theodosius I or II has some of these also (I don't remember, maybe both), but it doesn't look like a "T" in the third spot to me. Here's mine, about the same shape! ARCADIUS, 401-403 AD. O: DN ARCADIVS PF AVG,Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield. / Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head right, foot on prow, holding scepter and Victory on globe. (CONSA in ex) Constantinople mint. RIC X:85, 17 mm, 3.0 g
I see DN AR as well. DOMINUS NOSTER AR[CADIUS]. I love that facing bust. One of the redeeming features of some fairly ugly late Roman coinage.
You are correct. You can see the bottom half of DN ARCA at the left of the obverse which separates this emperor from Honorius who also issued the type. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/ Use the above site to see if you can figure out more about the coin. There is a trace of the mintmark remaining but I believe it is enough to call the city.
This one is from Antioch with ANT at the bottom of the reverse. Yours is different. The site I linked above will help if you read the top parts of letters. With these little coins, reading part letters accurately is a good skill to practice.
One more thing bothers me. my coins diameter is 9.1mm and 1.58 gr. and i know it should be almost twice then that. so what do i have? a fake?
That does seem pretty tiny, even for this time period. "Fake" is rather harsh. My guess is that it's a Vandalic-era imitation.
Many of the people surrounding the remnants of the diminishing eastern Roman Empire of the 5th and 6th centuries, such as the Vandals in Spain and North Africa, minted coins mimicking Roman coins. Your coin, if it is an imitation, is still ancient and was made for use in trade just like any other coin. Fakes are generally assumed to be modern, or at least, many centuries newer than the coins they imitate, and they are made to deceive collectors or tourists. Fakes: nasty. Imitations: interesting.