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Solidus - Honorius CONCORDIA AVGG, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Eastern Roman Empire |
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| Year | 403-408 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | D N HONORI-VS P F AVG |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Struck at Constantinople during the reign of Arcadius, this solidus belongs to a joint-reign issue celebrating the nominal harmony between the eastern court and Honorius in the west — a harmony that was largely diplomatic fiction. The two halves of the empire were by this point administering separate armies, separate treasuries, and competing foreign policies, with Stilicho's influence over Honorius a persistent source of friction with the eastern establishment.
RIC X #30 is attributed to the Constantinople mint under Arcadius, not Honorius, despite the western emperor's name appearing in the type. Arcadius died in 408, making that year the hard terminus for this emission.