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Arcadius Roman AE4 (about 1,615-1,640 years ago)

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This small bronze coin was issued during the reign of Emperor Arcadius, the first ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire after the permanent division of the empire following Theodosius I's death. These small denomination coins would have been used for everyday transactions throughout the eastern Mediterranean during this pivotal transitional period.

Coin Description:

  • Front side: Profile portrait of Emperor Arcadius wearing an imperial diadem, with his name and titles in Latin around the edge

  • Back side: Likely features common late Roman imagery such as Victory figures, military standards, or Christian symbols increasingly common in this period

Technical Details:

  • Bronze composition (copper alloy)

  • AE4 denomination (smallest standard bronze coin)

  • NGC certified (Numismatic Guaranty Corporation)

  • Minted between 383-408 CE in various eastern imperial mints

  • Condition: Certified by NGC, specific grade not provided

Historical Significance: This coin represents the formal beginning of what historians now call the Byzantine Empire. When Theodosius I died in 395 CE, the Roman Empire was permanently divided between his sons, with Arcadius taking the east and Honorius the west. Under Arcadius, the Eastern Empire maintained stability while the Western Empire began its terminal decline. Despite being characterized by ancient sources as weak and dominated by ministers and his wife Eudoxia, Arcadius' reign laid important foundations for the Byzantine state that would endure for another millennium.

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This small bronze coin was issued during the reign of Emperor Arcadius, the first ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire after the permanent division of the empire following Theodosius I's death. These small denomination coins would have been used for everyday transactions throughout the eastern Mediterranean during this pivotal transitional period.

Coin Description:

  • Front side: Profile portrait of Emperor Arcadius wearing an imperial diadem, with his name and titles in Latin around the edge

  • Back side: Likely features common late Roman imagery such as Victory figures, military standards, or Christian symbols increasingly common in this period

Technical Details:

  • Bronze composition (copper alloy)

  • AE4 denomination (smallest standard bronze coin)

  • NGC certified (Numismatic Guaranty Corporation)

  • Minted between 383-408 CE in various eastern imperial mints

  • Condition: Certified by NGC, specific grade not provided

Historical Significance: This coin represents the formal beginning of what historians now call the Byzantine Empire. When Theodosius I died in 395 CE, the Roman Empire was permanently divided between his sons, with Arcadius taking the east and Honorius the west. Under Arcadius, the Eastern Empire maintained stability while the Western Empire began its terminal decline. Despite being characterized by ancient sources as weak and dominated by ministers and his wife Eudoxia, Arcadius' reign laid important foundations for the Byzantine state that would endure for another millennium.

This small bronze coin was issued during the reign of Emperor Arcadius, the first ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire after the permanent division of the empire following Theodosius I's death. These small denomination coins would have been used for everyday transactions throughout the eastern Mediterranean during this pivotal transitional period.

Coin Description:

  • Front side: Profile portrait of Emperor Arcadius wearing an imperial diadem, with his name and titles in Latin around the edge

  • Back side: Likely features common late Roman imagery such as Victory figures, military standards, or Christian symbols increasingly common in this period

Technical Details:

  • Bronze composition (copper alloy)

  • AE4 denomination (smallest standard bronze coin)

  • NGC certified (Numismatic Guaranty Corporation)

  • Minted between 383-408 CE in various eastern imperial mints

  • Condition: Certified by NGC, specific grade not provided

Historical Significance: This coin represents the formal beginning of what historians now call the Byzantine Empire. When Theodosius I died in 395 CE, the Roman Empire was permanently divided between his sons, with Arcadius taking the east and Honorius the west. Under Arcadius, the Eastern Empire maintained stability while the Western Empire began its terminal decline. Despite being characterized by ancient sources as weak and dominated by ministers and his wife Eudoxia, Arcadius' reign laid important foundations for the Byzantine state that would endure for another millennium.

Arcadius (Ancient Greek: Ἀρκάδιος Arkadios; c. 377 – 1 May 408) was Roman emperor from 383 to his death in 408. He was the eldest son of the Augustus Theodosius I (r. 379–395) and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and the brother of Honorius (r. 393–423). Arcadius ruled the eastern half of the empire from 395, when their father died, while Honorius ruled the west. In his time, he was seen as a weak ruler dominated by a series of powerful ministers and by his wife, Aelia Eudoxia.[4]

Arcadius was born in 377 in Hispania, the eldest son of Theodosius I and Aelia Flaccilla, and brother of Honorius. On 19 January 383,[6][7] his father declared the five-year-old Arcadius an Augustus and co-ruler for the eastern half of the Empire. Ten years later a corresponding declaration made Honorius the Augustus of the western half. Arcadius passed his early years under the tutelage of the rhetorician Themistius and Arsenius Zonaras, a monk.[6]

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