NUMMUS 402 AD EASTERN ROMAN Theodosius II AD 402-450 AE4 / Three Emperors NGC (031)

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Numéro de certification : 6826416-031

NGC numéro du objet : 765709

Provenance: DECLINE & FALL OF ROME

Date : Theodosius II, AD 402-450 EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE

Valeur nominale : AE4 (Nummus)

Atelier (Abbrev.) : EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE

Ans : Theodosius II, AD 402-450

EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE



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Theodosius II AD 402-450



AE4 NUMMUS



Obverse: Bust of Honorius, right, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, a star
behind head.



Reverse: The three emperors Arcadius, Honorius and Theodosius II standing
facing; the two outermost being taller, slightly turned towards each other, each
holding spear with outer hand and resting inner hand on shield; third emperor
between them, smaller, head to right, holding spear with right hand, sometimes
holding a globe with left hand.

Lettering: GLORIA ROMANORVM SMKB



Translation: To the glory of the Roman people

Mint SMK Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey



Theodosius II (10 April 401 – July 28 , 450), called the Calligrapher , was a
Eastern Roman Emperor (408-450). He is mostly known for promulgating the
Theodosian law code as well for the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople . He also
presided over the outbreak of two great christological controversies .



Setting a record for longest-reigning Roman emperor at 48 years (equivalent to a
dozen U.S. Presidential