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Siliqua - Theodosius II VOT X MVLT XX, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Eastern Roman Empire |
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| Year | 403-408 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Within a laurel wreath tied at the base, the votive inscription VOT / X / MVLT / XX is arranged in four horizontal lines across the central field, commemorating the emperor's decennial vows and anticipating his vicennalia. The wreath is rendered in fine detail with individual leaves and berries clearly defined. Below the wreath, the mint mark CONS identifies the Constantinople mint. The reverse field exhibits the flat, slightly concave fabric typical of Eastern Roman silver coinage of the early fifth century. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The VOT X MVLT XX vota legend places this coin precisely within the decade following Theodosius II's elevation as co-emperor in 402, when he was barely a year old — the vota celebrating ten years of reign anticipated, not yet accomplished. His father Arcadius held actual power, and the court eunuch Eutropius and later the praetorian prefect Anthemius managed affairs in Constantinople while the child emperor's titles accumulated faster than his age.
Constantinopolis mint siliquae of this type are relatively scarce survivors; the denomination was largely displaced by the solidus in everyday elite transactions and rarely reached the western hoards that preserved so many late Roman silver issues.