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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Honorius| > SH12116
Honorius, 23 January 393 - 15 August 423 A.D.
|Honorius|, |Honorius,| |23| |January| |393| |-| |15| |August| |423| |A.D.|, "'Tremissis' is a Latin word which was created by analogy to the term 'semissis' and probably came from "triens as", meaning a third of an 'as'. It came to mean a coin having 1/3 the value of another. It is applied to the Roman gold (98%+ fine) one-third solidus, first struck about 385 to replace the 3/8 solidus (1½ scripulum) piece. It was one-third of the solidus' weight, or about 1.51 grams (theoretically 1/216 of a Roman pound). Roman gold fractions were scarce and never played a large part in the monetary system, but the tremissis was struck well into Byzantine times; the last known are of Basil I (867-886)." - from Moneta Historical Research by Tom Schroer
SH12116. Gold tremissis, RIC X Honorius 1215 (S), gem EF, near perfect centering, bold strike, lustrous, Mediolanum (Milan, Italy) mint, weight 1.49g, maximum diameter 13mm, die axis 0o, 398 A.D.; obverse D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM (to the victory of the Emperor), Victory advancing right holding wreath and globus cruciger; M-D across fields, COM in ex; scarce; SOLD











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