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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Honorius| > SH42463
Honorius, 23 January 393 - 15 August 423 A.D.
|Honorius|, |Honorius,| |23| |January| |393| |-| |15| |August| |423| |A.D.|, On 24 August 410, the Visigoths under Alaric I sacked Rome after a third siege. The historian Procopius recorded the following satire: the feeble-minded Emperor Honorius was informed by a eunuch that "Rome was destroyed" and, thinking the reference was to his favorite hen named "Roma," cried out in great consternation: "How could it be? She just ate out of my hand." Upon being informed of his mistake, the hapless emperor was greatly relieved.
SH42463. Gold solidus, RIC X Honorius 1254 (S); Depeyrot, p. 151, 34/2; DOCLR 723; SRCV V 20918; Cohen VIII 44, Choice gVF, nicely centered, Rome mint, weight 4.400g, maximum diameter 20.7mm, die axis 180o, 404, 407 - 408 A.D.; obverse D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed "Attalus style" bust right; reverse VICTORIA AVGGG (victory of the three emperors), Honorius standing right, holding standard and Victory on globe, treading down captive; R-M across fields, COMOB in exergue; scarce; SOLD










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