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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Arcadius| > RL88746
Arcadius, 19 January 383 - 1 May 408 A.D.
|Arcadius|, |Arcadius,| |19| |January| |383| |-| |1| |May| |408| |A.D.|, In 400, the Great Palace in Constantinople was burned to the ground in riots. In the chaos, the Gothic leader Gainas attempted to evacuate his soldiers out of the city but 7,000 armed Goths were trapped and killed by order of Arcadius. After the massacre, Gainas escaped across the Hellespont, but his rag-tag ad hoc fleet was destroyed by Fravitta, a Gothic chieftain in imperial service. In winter, Gainas led his remaining Goths back to their homeland across the Danube where they were attacked and killed by the Huns. Uldin, the Hun chieftain, sent Gainas' head to Arcadius as a gift.
RL88746. Bronze centenionalis, RIC X Arcadius 60, LRBC II 2205, SRCV 20829, F, dark patina, earthen deposits, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 2.799g, maximum diameter 17.6mm, die axis 0o, 395 - 401 A.D.; obverse D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse VIRTVS EXERCITI (courage of the army), emperor standing facing, head right, spear vertical in right hand, resting left hand on grounded shield, crowned by Victory standing left behind, CONSA or (CONSΔ) in exergue; SOLD











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