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Coin Type: Silver siliqua of Honorius, 393-423 CE Mint and Date: Ravenna; 402-3, 405-6 CE. Size and Weight: 17mm, 1.8g Obverse: D N HONORI-VS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM Roma seated left on a cuirass, spear with broad point held point down in left hand behind, right hand holding globe with Victory holding wreath and palm branch. Exergue: RVPS Ref: RIC X 1297(b) Provenance: antikacoins (eBay), August 2005 BW Ref: 003 028 028 |
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Note 1: This coin was given a rarity rating of R4 by RIC X, which probably meant that two or three specimens were known to the compilers to exist in major collections. Note 2: This coin is listed on WildWinds under Honorius, RIC 1297b. |
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