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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7948263, member: 110350&quot;]I guess it&#039;s time to throw my last three cards on the table, since I have no Roman (or Byzantine) coins later than these:</p><p><br /></p><p>Theodosius I, AE3 (Sear: Centenionalis), 379-383 AD, Alexandria mint, 3rd Officina. Obv. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG - Diademed (Pearls), draped and cuirassed bust right /&nbsp; Rev. CONCORDIA AVGGG - Constantinopolis, helmeted, seated facing on throne, head right, holding spear and globe, right foot on prow. ALE(Γ) [gamma] in exergue. RIC IX 11 (p. 300), Sear RCV V 20535. 17.72 mm, 1.9 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1376679[/ATTACH] </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); 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><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1376681[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Western Roman Empire, Honorius (son of Theodosius I and younger brother of Arcadius), 393-423 AD, AV Solidus, ca. 402-408 AD. Ravenna Mint. [<i>Note that the capital was moved from Milan to Ravenna in 402 AD.</i>] Obv. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right [“slender bust” type; see Sear RCV V 20919 at p. 453], D N HONORI-VS P F AVG / Rev. Honorius in military attire, standing right, holding a plain military standard (a <i>signum </i>in the form of a <i>vexillum</i>, i.e., a banner draped vertically from a horizontal cross-bar attached to a pole) in right hand, and Victory on globe in left hand, his left foot set on (RIC: “spurning”) a bound barbarian captive seated left on ground with both legs visible and sharply bent at knees (bent right leg is raised upright; bent left leg lies flat on ground with left knee extending below exergue line and left foot resting against right leg*), VICTORI-A AVGGG, R-V [Ravenna] across fields and COMOB [<i>Comitatus Obryziacum</i> <i>**</i>] in exergue. RIC X 1287 at p. 328 (1994), Sear RCV V 20919 (2014), Dumberton Oaks Catalogue, Late Roman 735-736 &amp; Plate 28 [P. Griessen. &amp; M. Mays, <i>Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, etc.</i> (1992); see <a href="https://archive.org/details/docoins-late-roman/page/432/mode/1up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/docoins-late-roman/page/432/mode/1up" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/docoins-late-roman/page/432/mode/1up</a> and <a href="https://archive.org/details/docoins-late-roman/page/430/mode/1up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/docoins-late-roman/page/430/mode/1up" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/docoins-late-roman/page/430/mode/1up</a> ], Cohen 44. 21 mm., 4.45 g. <i>Ex. Collection of Egon Gerson [b. 1921; d. 2021]; David R. Sear A.C.C.S. Certificate of Authenticity dated Dec. 16, 1998, issued to Egon Gerson, No. 50AB/RI/CO/CN (“almost EF, flan slightly bent”)</i>. [Footnotes omitted.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1376682[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And I&#039;m out![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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