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Follis - Honorius GLORIA ROMANORVM, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Eastern Roman Empire |
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| Year | 408-423 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two standing imperial figures facing one another in a formal, hieratic composition: Honorius on the left and Theodosius II on the right, each holding a spear in the outer hand while resting the inner hand upon a grounded shield. The emperors are depicted in full military attire, their heads turned slightly inward to face each other, symbolizing dynastic concordance between the Western and Eastern courts. The reverse legend GLORIA ROMANORVM encircles the scene, proclaiming the glory of the Romans, while the mintmark CONSA in the exergue identifies the first officina of the Constantinople mint. The composition reflects the propagandistic imagery of collegial rule characteristic of Theodosian-era bronze coinage. |
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Honorius ruled the Western court at Ravenna, but this follis was struck at Constantinople — the Eastern mint producing coinage in the Western emperor's name, a practice that underscores how intertwined the two halves remained even as they drifted apart administratively. The period 408–423 brackets the sack of Rome by Alaric in 410, an event that rattled the empire's ideological foundations far more than its military ones.
RIC X 399 places this firmly within the Theodosian mint reorganization at Constantinople, where output was tightly controlled under Theodosius II's administration.