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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Honorius| > SL99915
Honorius, 23 January 393 - 15 August 423 A.D.
|Honorius|, |Honorius,| |23| |January| |393| |-| |15| |August| |423| |A.D.|, David Sear notes, "The mint of Ravenna was opened by Honorius in 402 A.D. Coins of this period normally have slender busts." A heavier bust was used from 408 to 423 A.D.
SL99915. Gold solidus, RIC X Honorius 1287 (S); Ranieri 11; DOCLR 736; SRCV V 20919; Depeyrot p. 188, 7/1; Cohen VIII 44, NGC Ch XF, strike 5/5, surface 3/5, slight bend (6556336-001), Ravenna mint, weight 4.422g, maximum diameter 20.4mm, die axis 180o, 402 - 403 and 405 - 406 A.D.; obverse D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed slender bust right; reverse VICTORIA AVGGG (victory of the three emperors), Honorius standing right, active stance, standard in right, Victory on globe in left hand, left foot treading on captive with bent knees; R-V across field, COMOB in exergue; NGC| Lookup; scarce; SOLD










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