Augustus, A.D. 383-408
(Bronze) AE III
Cyzikus mint, A.D. 392-395
Obv: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG
Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM - Emperor on horseback, riding right, right hand raised
SMKΓ in exergue
RIC 29(b)
17mm, 2.0g.
At age 5 Arcadius was named co-emperor by his father, Theodosius I. He became Eastern Emperor upon Theodosius’s death in A.D. 395, sharing power with his younger brother, Honorius, in the West. He was a weak, possibly disinterested emperor, easily manipulated by his wife and various advisers. But then again, he didn’t really live long enough to become anything else.
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