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Maiorina - Honorius GLORIA ROMANORVM, Heraclea
| Issuer | Western Roman Empire |
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| Year | 393-423 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC IX#27c |
| Obverse description | Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Honorius facing right, wearing a pearl diadem and imperial paludamentum. The emperor is depicted in a youthful military guise consistent with late Roman iconographic conventions. A sceptre or spear tip is visible at the left shoulder. The encircling Latin legend reads DN HONORIVS PF AVG, identifying the emperor by name and title. The flan is irregular and slightly clipped at the edges, typical of late fourth-century bronze production. |
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| Obverse lettering | DN HONORIVS PF AVG |
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Honorius received the Western throne at age eight, with Stilicho acting as effective regent — a arrangement that shaped military and monetary policy alike for the first decade of his reign. The Heraclea mint, situated in Thrace, was nominally under Eastern jurisdiction but struck coins bearing Western imperial names during the fragile co-reign period following Theodosius I's death in 395.
RIC IX 27c places this issue within a fractured administrative moment before the Eastern and Western mints fully rationalized their output.