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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4617827, member: 82549"]That 3/4 facing bust type also occurs for Honorius. </p><p><br /></p><p>The bust style will not help to determine the emperor, although it might help determine the mint. The only way to ID the emperor is with the obverse inscription. You should be able to do this with your coin. Theodosius II has more letters in his name, so just counting the total letters can get you started. Both Arcadius and Honorius have the same number of letters, but the "O"s in Honorius tend to stand out. </p><p><br /></p><p>All inscriptions on bronze coins at this time took the same form: D N [emperor] P F AVG, so start with the 3rd letter and figure out if it's an A, an H or a T. If you can't determine the 3rd letter, move on to the 4th. Is it an R, and O or an H? And so on until you've IDed the emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the photo, I suspect that the 3rd letter is an A.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4617827, member: 82549"]That 3/4 facing bust type also occurs for Honorius. The bust style will not help to determine the emperor, although it might help determine the mint. The only way to ID the emperor is with the obverse inscription. You should be able to do this with your coin. Theodosius II has more letters in his name, so just counting the total letters can get you started. Both Arcadius and Honorius have the same number of letters, but the "O"s in Honorius tend to stand out. All inscriptions on bronze coins at this time took the same form: D N [emperor] P F AVG, so start with the 3rd letter and figure out if it's an A, an H or a T. If you can't determine the 3rd letter, move on to the 4th. Is it an R, and O or an H? And so on until you've IDed the emperor. From the photo, I suspect that the 3rd letter is an A.[/QUOTE]
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