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Solidus - Theodosius I CONCORDIA AVGGGG, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 379-383 |
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| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
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| Obverse description | Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust of Theodosius I facing right, draped with a paludamentum fastened at the right shoulder. The emperor wears a richly decorated muscled cuirass and is depicted with fine, close-cropped hair beneath an elaborate pearl diadem. The obverse legend encircles the effigy in Latin capitals, reading clockwise from the left field. The portrait is rendered in the late antique military style characteristic of the Theodosian solidus series, with pronounced facial features and meticulous detail in the armor and imperial regalia. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Theodosius I was a Spanish general appointed emperor by Gratian in January 379 following the catastrophic Roman defeat at Adrianople — the battle that killed Valens and shattered the eastern frontier. The AVGGGG reverse legend references four reigning Augusti simultaneously: Theodosius, Gratian, Valentinian II, and the young co-emperor Arcadius after his elevation in 383, which brackets the issue tightly within that year.
Constantinople's mint was the primary production center for Theodosian solidi, and RIC IX 47a is among the more consistently struck types of his early reign.