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Coin Weight (Exagium Solidi)
Roman
Late Imperial
late 4th-early 5th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 4.07 gm.
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.978
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics
DescriptionThis is an example of an imperial weight of the Exagium Solidi type corresponding to the weight of one gold coin (solidus). It was struck around A.D. 402-408 and shows the busts of Emperors Theodosius I, Arcadius and Honorius on the obverse, and Exagium Solidi and the personification of the mint (“Moneta”) holding scales on the reverse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; June 8, 1964: purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G.