EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE
CERTIFIED BY NGC
ARCADIUS - AD 373-408 AE4 NUMMUS
Obv: Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Victory advancing left, holding trophyand dragging captive.
In ancient Roman religion, Victoria or Victory was the
personified goddess of victory. She is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess
Nike, and was associated with Bellona. She was adapted from the Sabine
agricultural goddess Vacuna and had a temple on the Palatine Hill. The goddess
Vica Pota was also sometimes identified with Victoria.
Flavius Arcadius (377/378–1 May 408) was Byzantine Emperor in the Eastern half
of the Roman Empire from 395 until his death.
Arcadius was born in Hispania , the elder son of Theodosius I and Aelia
Flaccilla , and brother of Honorius , who would become a Western Roman Emperor .
His father declared him an Augustus and co-ruler for the Eastern half of the
Empire in January, 383. His younger brother was also declared Augustus in 393,
for the Western half.
EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE
CERTIFIED BY NGC
ARCADIUS - AD 373-408 AE4 NUMMUS
Obv: Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Victory advancing left, holding trophyand dragging captive.
In ancient Roman religion, Victoria or Victory was the
personified goddess of victory. She is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess
Nike, and was associated with Bellona. She was adapted from the Sabine
agricultural goddess Vacuna and had a temple on the Palatine Hill. The goddess
Vica Pota was also sometimes identified with Victoria.
Flavius Arcadius (377/378–1 May 408) was Byzantine Emperor in the Eastern half
of the Roman Empire from 395 until his death.
Arcadius was born in Hispania , the elder son of Theodosius I and Aelia
Flaccilla , and brother of Honorius , who would become a Western Roman Emperor .
His father declared him an Augustus and co-ruler for the Eastern half of the
Empire in January, 383. His younger brother was also declared Augustus in 393,
for the Western half.
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