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Siliqua - Honorius VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Mediolanum
| Issuer | Western Roman Empire |
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| Year | 395-402 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Honorius facing right, rendered in the late antique imperial style typical of the Mediolanum mint. The emperor's effigy displays a pearl diadem and paludamentum fastened at the shoulder, with armored shoulder detail visible beneath the drapery. The surrounding Latin legend reads D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, distributed around the circumference within a beaded border. The die work reflects the competent but somewhat stylized engraving characteristic of late fourth-century Western imperial siliquae. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Roma, personification of the eternal city, seated facing left on a throne, depicted helmeted and in military attire, holding a Victory on a globe in her extended right hand and a reversed spear or scepter in her left. The figure is rendered in a commanding frontal-facing pose with draped garments falling over the seat. The legend VIRTVS RO-MANORVM is inscribed around the field within a beaded border, while the mint mark MDPS appears in the exergue, identifying the Mediolanum mint workshop. |
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