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Honorius Roma Coin Type: Silver siliqua of Honorius, 393-423 CE
Mint and Date: Ravenna; 402-3, 405-6 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm, 1.8g
Obverse: Diademed draped bust right.
D N HONORI - VS P F AVG
Reverse: Roma seated left, spear point down in left hand, right hand holding globe with Victory holding wreath.
VIRTVS RO - MANORVM
Exergue: RVPS
Ref: RCV (1988) 4250; RIC X, 1297
Provenance: antikacoins (eBay), August 2005
BW Ref: 003 028 028
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Note: This coin was given a rarity rating of R4 by RIC X, which probably meant that two or three specimens were known to the compilers to exist in major collections.
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