Honorius, Roman Emperor

Rome

1 Nomisma = 1 Solidus

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Struck

Square

1.70 cm

1.70 cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
4.23	-	-	(scientific literature)	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Roman Emperor	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck	RIGHT		One	Bust
Aequitas / Justitia / Moneta	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck	LEFT	Standing	One
Balance scale	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck			One
Cornucopia	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck			One

Auction Roma 2017: Lot 991. Honorius Æ Exagium Solidi Weight. AD 393-423. D N HONORIVS AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; all within square beaded border / EXAGIVM SOLIDI, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae; all within square beaded border. Bendall, Byzantine Weights, p. 17, 5; Sabatier 3; NGSA 5, 3 December 2008, 322 (same obverse die). 4.23g, 17mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. No mint marks indicate where the exagium solidi were manufactured – the only differentiation that can be discerned is that the exagia from the West are square, and those from the East are round.
Auction Roma 2018: Lot. 923. Honorius Æ Exagium Solidi Weight. AD 393-423. D N HONORIVS AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; all within square beaded border / EXAGIVM SOLIDI, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae; all within square beaded border. Bendall, Byzantine Weights, p. 17, 5; Sabatier 3; NGSA 5, 3 December 2008, 322 (same obverse die). 4.23g, 17mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. No mint marks indicate where the exagium solidi were manufactured – the only differentiation that can be discerned is that the exagia from the West are square, and those from the East are round.
Asolati 2022: Exagia solidi imperiali con indicazione esplicita della funzione: Onorio, 395 – ante 413 d.C. (?), exagium solidi. Zecca non indicata: Roma. D/ D N HONORI–VS AVG; busto diademato, drappeggiato e corazzato a d. R/ EXAGIVM SOLIDI; Moneta/Aequitas/Iustitia stante a s. con bilancia e cornucopia. g. Roma, E-Live Auction 2 (30/08/2018), lotto n. 923 = Roma, Auction XIII (23/03/2017), lotto n. 991: g 4,23; mm 17; h 12.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Latin	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck	Authority, Denomination, Legal status

DNHONORI     
V S A V G

EXAGIVM     
S O L I D I

D(onimus) N(oster) Honori|us Aug(ustus). || Exagium | solidi.

LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE

FROM 395 TO 413

Auction Roma 2017 and Auction Roma 2018: only the dates of Honorius' reign are given (393–423). Asolati 2022: proposes a chronological range from 395 to 413 (?).

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Antiquities Trade	Aug. 30, 2018	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Auction Roma 2017b	None	991	fig.	None
Auction Roma 2018e	None	923	fig.	None
Asolati 2022	256–257, 270	4g	Pl. I/4g	None

Asolati 2022: cf. CIL XIII, 3, 2, p. 736, n. 10030, 4; Bouteroue 1666, p. 130; Du Molinet 1692, p. 65 e tav. 18, nn. IX–X; Banduri 1718, II, tav. a p. 539 e p. 544; Montfaucon 1719, p. 270 e tav. 95; du Fresne 1755, n. LXXVII, p. 121; Eckhel 1792–1798, VIII, p. 511; Mionnet 1827, II, p. 350; Akerman 1834, II, p. 346; Garrucci 1846, p. 200; Sabatier 1862, I, p. 96, n. 3; Chabouillet 1877, p. 88–89; Cohen 1880–1892, VIII, p. 190, n. 3; Babelon 1892, p. 876; Pink 1935, n. 7; Pink 1938, col. 77, n. 9; Dürr 1964, n. 277; Göbl 1978, p. 138, n. 227, tav. 21; Göbl 1980, n. 15; RIC X, p. 9; Bendall 1996, n. 5; Campagnolo 2015, p. 120, n. 136; Campagnolo e Weber 2015, n. 410; Morrisson e Tobias 2017, p. 416 (Milano); Guruleva 2018, n. 140.