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Solidus - Arcadius CONCORDIA AVGG, Thessalonica
| Issuer | Eastern Roman Empire |
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| Year | 397-402 |
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| Value | Solidus (1) |
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| Obverse lettering | D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Thessalonica served as a critical imperial hub during the late fourth century, and its mint was one of the few in the western Balkans capable of producing gold at scale when Arcadius and Honorius needed to coordinate payments across a divided empire. The CONCORDIA AVGG type was explicitly political — issued to project unity between the eastern and western courts following the final partition of 395, a unity that was, in practice, largely fictitious and increasingly contested by the ambitions of Stilicho in the west.
The Thessalonica mint used the officina mark system rigorously during this period, making die attribution to RIC X #37 relatively precise.