Arcadius, Roman Emperor ; Honorius, Roman Emperor ; Johannes, Comes sacrarum largitionum ; Theodosius II, Roman Emperor

Constantinople

1 Nomisma = 1 Solidus

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Struck

Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)

2.10 cm

2.10 cm

- cm

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

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

British Museum: Object Type: coin-weight. Museum number: 1848,0819.158. Description: Late Roman coin-weight. Discoid; struck on the obverse with three frontal imperial busts, the central one smallest, all diademed and wearing paludamenta; in the field above, a cross; around the top edge: DDDNNNAAVVVCCC (D[ominorum] N[ostrorum] Aug[ustorum]); reverse: the draped figure of Moneta, standing to left, and holding a cornucopia and a balance; in the field to right, an eight-pointed star; around the edge: E[X]AC SOL SVB V INL IOANNI COM SL (E[x]ag[ium] sol[idi] sub v[iro] inl[ustri] Io[h]anni com[ite] s[acrarum] l[argitionum]); beneath an exergual line: CONS (Cons[tantinopolis]). State: Associated with: Roman Empire. Cultures/periods: Roman Imperial. Production date: 5thC(early) (404). Production place: Made in: Constantinople. Asia: Turkey: Marmara Region: Istanbul (province): Istanbul (city): Constantinople. Materials: copper alloy (Heavily leaded bronze). Dimensions: Diameter: Diameter: 21 millimetres. Weight: Weight: 4.77 grammes. Bibliographic references/ Hendy 1985 / Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy c.300-1450 (8, pl.3). Location: Not on display. Acquisition name: Purchased through: Sotheby's. Purchased from: Earls of Pembroke. Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke. Acquisition date: 1848. Acquisition notes: Pembroke Collection. Bought from W.H.O. Cureton (1848). Department: Coins and Medals.
Asolati 2022: Exagia solidi imperiali con indicazione esplicita della funzione: Arcadio, Onorio e Teodosio II (Giovanni CSL), 403–404 d.C., exagium solidi. Zecca di Constantinopolis. D/ DDD NNN AAA VVV GGG; tre busti frontali, affiancati, diademati, drappeggiati e corazzati: quello al centro di dimensioni minori; sopra al busto centrale, +. R/ EXAC SOL SVB V INL IOҺANNI COM S L; Moneta/Aequitas/Iustitia stante a s. con bilancia e cornucopia; a d., *; in esergo, CONS. t. BM, 1848,0819.158: g 4,77; mm 21.

No

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

DDDNNNAAAVVVGGG

E[X]ACSOLSVBVINL      IOhANNICOMSL
CONS

D(ominorum) N(ostrorum) Aug(ustorum). || E[x]ag(ium) sol(idi) sub v(iro) inl(ustri) Iohanni com(ite) s(acrarum) l(argitionum) | Cons(tantinopolis).

LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE

FROM 403 TO 404

British Museum: proposes the early 5th century and more specifically 404.
Asolati 2022: suggests a production date between 403 and 404.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
British Museum (London)	None	1848,0819.158

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Sabatier 1862	97	9	pl. III/9	None
Cohen 1892	190	8		None
Pink 1935	15–16	3	fig. 3	None
Bendall 1996	18–19	9	fig. 9	None
Asolati 2022	258–259	8t	None	None

British Museum: Department of Coins and Medals. Pembroke Collection. 1848 von W.H.O. Cureton gekauft.
Asolati 2022: cf. Pembroke 1746, parte 3, tav. 32 (= Pembroke Collection Sale 1848, lotto n. 1446: grs 73 e ⁷⁄₁₀); Tanini 1791, p. 353; Eckhel 1792–1798, VIII, p. 512; Mionnet 1827, II, p. 350; Akerman 1834, II, p. 346; Sabatier 1862, I, p. 97, n. 9; Cohen 1880–1892, VIII, p. 191, n. 8; Babelon 1892, p. 876; Pink 1935, n. 6; Pink 1938, col. 77, n. 8; Dürr 1964, n. 279; Göbl 1978, p. 138, n. 229; Göbl 1980, n. 16; RIC X, p. 8; Bendall 1996, n. 10; Campagnolo 2015, p. 120, n. 137; Campagnolo e Weber 2015, n. 411; Morrisson e Tobias 2017, p. 416; Guruleva 2018, nn. 143–144.