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Contributor: Clay Dorminey.
Issuer: HONORIUS, Emperor of the Western Empire, AD 393-423. AR Siliqua (1.6g).
Obverse: DN HONORIVS PF AVG, his pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust facing right.
Reverse: VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma enthroned facing, head left, holding Victory in right hand and spear in left; in exergue, MDPS.
Reference: RIC X 1228; Ulrich-Bansa 67. Grade: toned EF.
Comments: For more information, read the "Honorius" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Honorius see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.