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Follis - Theodosius I SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Heraclea
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 383-392 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC IX#26b, OCRE#ric.9.her.26B |
| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Emperor Theodosius I, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, rendered in the schematic late antique style typical of the Theodosian period. The effigy is set within a beaded border, with the imperial titulature arranged as a continuous legend encircling the field. The portrait reflects the standardized die-cutting conventions of the Heraclea mint during the 380s. |
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| Obverse lettering | DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG (Translation: D(-ominus) N(-oster) Theodosius P(-ius) F(-elix) Aug(-ustus): 'Our lord Theodosius, pious and blessed and august') |
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Struck at Heraclea (modern Marmara Ereğlisi in Turkey) during the period when Theodosius was consolidating power after the catastrophic Roman defeat at Adrianople in 378, these small bronzes circulated in enormous numbers as the empire's fractured western administration struggled to maintain fiscal coherence. The SALVS REIPVBLICAE type was issued across multiple mints simultaneously — a coordinated monetary response to the need for low-denomination coinage following years of instability under Gratian and the usurper Magnus Maximus.
At 0.88g, this example sits at the lighter end of the type's known weight range, consistent with Heraclea's documented tendency toward weight reduction in the later phases of this issue.