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Follis - Honorius GLORIA ROMANORVM, Antioch
| Issuer | Western Roman Empire |
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| Year | 393-395 |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Reverse description | The Emperor stands facing, head turned to the right, depicted in full military attire in the centre of the field. In his right hand he raises a labarum — the chi-rho standard of Christian imperial authority — while his left hand holds a globus surmounted by a Victory, symbolising universal dominion. The mintmark ANTΓ appears in the exergue, identifying this piece as a product of the third officina of the Antioch mint. The encircling Latin legend proclaims the glory of Rome, consistent with the propagandistic idiom of late Roman bronze coinage. |
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| Mint | Antioch (Antiochia ad Orontem) |
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Honorius received the title Augustus in January 393, aged eight, elevated by his father Theodosius I who was already managing an empire too large for one man. These Antioch folles belong to the window before Theodosius died in January 395 and formally split administration between his two sons — making them among the last issues struck under nominal unified imperial authority, even if that unity was largely administrative fiction by then.
The Antioch mint, designated ANTOB or similar officina marks on this type, remained one of the eastern production centers that would pass fully under Arcadius's control after the division.