Roman Coin of Honorius - AE4 (about 1625 years ago)

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A smaller bronze denomination from the reign of Honorius, minted during the final decades of a functioning Western Roman administration as imperial control gradually eroded.

Front side (obverse): Portrait of Emperor Honorius with imperial crown
Back side (reverse): Roman imperial symbols and inscriptions
Technical specifications: Bronze AE4 denomination coin, NGC certified

Historical significance: This smaller denomination coin was minted during the reign of Honorius, son of Theodosius the Great. His rule saw increasing pressures on the Western Roman Empire's borders and internal stability, ultimately setting the stage for the empire's gradual decline.

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A smaller bronze denomination from the reign of Honorius, minted during the final decades of a functioning Western Roman administration as imperial control gradually eroded.

Front side (obverse): Portrait of Emperor Honorius with imperial crown
Back side (reverse): Roman imperial symbols and inscriptions
Technical specifications: Bronze AE4 denomination coin, NGC certified

A smaller bronze denomination from the reign of Honorius, minted during the final decades of a functioning Western Roman administration as imperial control gradually eroded.

Front side (obverse): Portrait of Emperor Honorius with imperial crown
Back side (reverse): Roman imperial symbols and inscriptions
Technical specifications: Bronze AE4 denomination coin, NGC certified

Honorius (/hoʊˈnɔːriəs/;^[1] 9 September 384 – 15 August 423) was Roman emperor from 393 to 423. He was the younger son of emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla. After the death of Theodosius in 395, Honorius, under the regency of Stilicho, ruled the western half of the empire while his brother Arcadius ruled the eastern half. His reign over the Western Roman Empire was notably precarious and chaotic. In 410, Rome was sacked for the first time since the Battle of the Allia almost 800 years prior.

Honorius was born to Emperor Theodosius I and Empress Aelia Flaccilla on 9 September 384 in Constantinople.^[2] He was the brother of Arcadius and Pulcheria. In 386, his mother died, and in 387, Theodosius married Galla who had taken a temporary refuge in Thessaloniki with her family, including her brother Valentinian II and mother Justina, away from usurper Magnus Maximus. Theodosius and Galla had a daughter, Honorius's half-sister Galla Placidia. Honorius, Arcadius, and Galla Placidia were the only children of Theodosius to survive into adulthood.