Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Solidus - Honorius VICTORIA AVGGG, Rome
| Issuer | Western Roman Empire |
|---|---|
| Year | 404-408 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Solidus |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The enthroned frontal figure of Roma, helmeted and in military attire, occupies the center of the field. She holds a long scepter or spear in her left hand and extends a globe surmounted by a Victory in her right hand. At her feet to the right kneels a captive barbarian figure with hands bound, symbolizing Roman dominance. The mint mark R M appears in the field to left and right of the throne, while the exergual inscription COMOB denotes the standard fineness of the gold. The surrounding legend VICTORI-A AVGGG encircles the design within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | VICTORI-A AVGGG R M COMOB |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Honorius issued this solidus from Rome during the years immediately following Stilicho's decisive defeat of Alaric at Pollentia in 402 — a campaign that briefly stabilized the Western court but did little to resolve the structural collapse already underway. By 408, Stilicho himself had been executed on Honorius's orders, removing the last competent military mind between the emperor and Alaric's next invasion. The gold content held firm even as the Western administration disintegrated around it.