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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Honorius| > RS84411
Honorius, 23 January 393 - 15 August 423 A.D.
|Honorius|, |Honorius,| |23| |January| |393| |-| |15| |August| |423| |A.D.|, At first, Honorius based his capital in Milan, but when the Visigoths under King Alaric I entered Italy in 401 he moved his capital to the coastal city of Ravenna, which was protected by a ring of marshes and strong fortifications. While the new capital was easier to defend, it was poorly situated to allow Roman forces to protect central Italy from the increasingly regular threat of barbarian incursions. The Emperor's residence remained in Ravenna until the overthrow of the last western Roman Emperor in 476. Recognizing its security, Ravenna was selected as the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy, and also became the seat of the Byzantine exarchs.
RS84411. Silver siliqua, RIC X Honorius 1228, Ulrich-Bansa Moneta 67, RSC V 59b, SRCV V 20968, gVF, well centered and struck on a tight flan cutting off tops of some legend letters and mintmark, attractive toning, small edge splits, light marks and scratches, Mediolanum (Milan, Italy) mint, weight 1.295g, maximum diameter 16.4mm, die axis 180o, c. 397 - 402 A.D.; obverse D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse VIRTVS ROMANORVM (courage of the Romans), Roma seated left on cuirass, draped, wearing crested helmet, Victory on globe offering wreath in her right hand, inverted spear in her left hand, MDPS in exergue; SOLD










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