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LOT 0701
Late Roman Honorius with Theodosius II AE Exagium Solidi Weight
408-423 A.D.
3/4 in. (4.11 grams, 18mm).
Diademed and draped facing busts of Honorius and Theodosius II; between them above, Victory standing facing, crowning the emperors; to the reverse twenty-five pellets in form of a pyramid.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 562, 15 May 2024, lot 792.
Literature
Bendall -; Rochesnard -; CPAI -; Pondera 4231 var. (cross instead of Victory); for similar example cf. Leu Web 16, 4070; for Exagia see RIC X, p. 8.
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LOT 0701
Late Roman Honorius with Theodosius II AE Exagium Solidi Weight
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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