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Solidus - Arcadius VICTORIA AVGGG, Sirmium
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 393-395 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Emperor Arcadius rendered in high relief, pearl-diademed with a double row of beads crowning the elaborately striated and curled hair. The emperor is depicted draped in a paludamentum and cuirassed, with the fibula visible at the right shoulder. The effigy displays the refined, slightly idealized portraiture characteristic of late Theodosian court style. The encircling Latin legend is divided across both sides of the field. |
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| Mint | SM COMOB Sirmium, modern-day Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia |
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Sirmium — modern Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia — was one of the four tetrarchic capitals and retained imperial mint status well into the late fourth century, though its output was never prolific. The mint closed permanently around 395 AD, making this solidus among the final issues struck there. Arcadius had been elevated to co-emperor by his father Theodosius I in 383, a full decade before sole rule fell to him, so these coins carry the authority of a regime still projecting dynastic continuity even as the western and eastern halves of the empire drifted toward permanent separation.