Honorius, Roman Emperor

Rome

1 Nomisma = 1 Solidus

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Struck

Square

1.66 cm

1.56 cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
4.22	-	-	(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

British Museum: Object Type: coin-weight. Museum number: 1868,0518.1. Description: Square copper alloy coin-weight in the name of Honorius. Square; struck on the obverse with a beaded border enclosing a profile bust of the emperor Honorius to right, diademed and wearing a paludamentum; in the field to left: DNHONORI; to right: VSAVG (D[ominus] N[oster] Honorius Aug[ustus]); reverse: within a beaded border on three sides only, the draped figure of Moneta, standing to left, and holding a cornucopia and a balance; in the field to left: EXACIVM; to right: SOLIDI. (whole) (whole). Beaded border enclosing a profile bust of the emperor Honorius to right, diademed and wearing a paludamentum. (obverse) (obverse). Moneta, standing to left, and holding scales and cornucopia. (reverse) (reverse). State. Associated with: Roman Empire. Authority: Ruler: Honorius. Cultures/periods: Roman Imperial. Production date: 395-423. Materials: copper alloy (Brass). Dimensions: Length: Length: 16.60 millimetres. Weight: Weight: 4.22 grammes. Width: Width: 15.60 millimetres. Inscriptions: Inscription type: inscription. Inscription position: front. Inscription language: Latin. Inscription content: DNHONORI-VSAVG. Inscription transliteration: D[ominus] N[oster] Honorius Aug[ustus. Inscription type: inscription. Inscription position: back. Inscription language: Latin. Inscription content: EXACIVM SOLIDI. Curator's comments: Cf. Bouteroue 1666, 130 (4.39g); Du Cange 1680, 63-64; Du Molinet 1692, nos. 9 and 10 (4.16g); Eckhel 1798, 511-12; Garrucci 1846a, 200-01; Sabatier 1862, no. 3 (4.20g), 96; Cohen 1862, no. 3, 484 (4.20g); Daremberg and Saglio 1892, 876 (4.20g); Sale catalogue 1910, no. 3481 (4.10g); Sale catalogue 1925, no. 1039 (4.12g); Petrie 1926b, no. 5297 (3.67g); Dürr 1964, no. 277 (4.12g); Alföldi 1970, 241-49 (4.28g, 4.37g and 4.18g); Sale catalogue 1983a, no. 520 (4.10g); Sale catalogue 1987b, no. 764 (4.11g); Alföldi 1989, 139-51 (4.31g, 4.19g and 4.13g). There is also an unpublished example in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris (3.75g). Location: Not on display. Subjects: emperor/empress, allegory/personification. Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Honorius. Representation of: Moneta. Acquisition name: Purchased from: H Hoffmann. Acquisition date: 1868. Department: Coins and Medals.
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. v. BM, 1868,0518.1: g 4,22; mm 16,6 × 15,6.

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 Au[g(ustus)]. || Exagium | solidi.

LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE

FROM 395 TO 413

British Museum: only proposes the dates of Honorius' reign (395–423).
Asolati 2022: suggests a chronological range from 395 to 413 (?).

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
British Museum (London)	None	1868,0518.1

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Asolati 2022	256–257	4v	None	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.