Maiorina - Honorius GLORIA ROMANORVM, Cyzicus

Issued during the co-reign of Theodosius I and his sons, this Cyzicus maiorina dates to a period when the eastern mints were under enormous administrative pressure following the catastrophic losses at Adrianople in 378. The eastern field army had never fully recovered, and the bronze coinage of this period was partly instrument of military pay — Cyzicus being a key supply node for Anatolian garrisons. Honorius himself was only eight years old when this coin was struck, his name lending legitimacy to his father's continuing reorganization of imperial authority in the west.