Description: Arcadius (383 - 408 AD). AE3, Siscia mint 383-387 AD. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG; diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA ROMANORVM; emperor advancing right, labarum in left hand, dragging captive, with right hand, ASISC in ex.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 2,44 g

Grade: aVF/VF

Attribution: RIC 38 c1; LRBC 1571; MRK 165 /25 var.

Commentary: rare mint; brown patina, good details

History: Strong opposition to Germanic officers, inspired largely out of fear and perhaps racism, was a lasting legacy of Arcadius' reign.

Article Number: 059-04-04-42384