Rare original ancient coin Arcadius Roman Emperor 392AD standard Chi-rho captive

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Arcadius - Roman Emperor: 383-408 A.D. -   Bronze AE3 16-17mm. 2.31gm.Thessalonica mint.

Superb glossy green-brown patina.

Obv./ DN ARCAD-IVS PF AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev./ GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor walking right, carrying labarum and dragging captive. Mintmark TES.

Thessalonica RIC IX 60c

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The Chi Rho is one of the earliest christograms used by Christians. It is formed by superimposing the  first two letters in the Greek spelling of the word Christ   ( Greek  : "Χριστός" ), chi=ch and rho=r, in such a way to produce  the monogram ☧. The Chi-Rho symbol was also used by pagan Greek scribes to  mark, in the margin, a particularly valuable or relevant passage; the  combined  letters Chi and Rho standing for chrēston, meaning "good."

Although not technically a cross, the Chi Rho invokes the crucifixion  of Jesus as well as symbolizing his status as the Christ. There is early  evidence of the Chi Rho symbol on Christian Rings of the third century.

The labarum (Greek: λάβαρον) was a vexillum (military standard) that displayed the "Chi-Rho"  symbol, formed from the first two Greek letters of the word "Christ"  (Greek: ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, or Χριστός) - Chi (χ)  and Rho (ρ).  It was first used by the Roman emperor Constantine I . Since the vexillum consisted of a flag suspended from  the crossbar of a cross, it was ideally suited to symbolize crucifixion . The Chi-Rho symbol was also used by Greek scribes to  mark, in the margin, a particularly valuable or relevant passage; the  combined letters Chi and Rho standing for chrēston, meaning  "good."

Flavius  Arcadius (377/378-1 May 408) was Byzantine Emperor in the Eastern half of the Roman  Empire from 395 until his death. //

Arcadius was born in  Hispania ,  the elder son of Theodosius I and Aelia Flaccilla , and brother of Honorius , who would become a Western Roman Emperor . His father declared him an Augustus and co-ruler for the Eastern half of the Empire in January, 383. His younger brother was also  declared Augustus in 393, for the Western half.

As emperors, Honorius was under the control of the Romanized  Vandal magister militum Flavius  Stilicho while Arcadius was dominated by one of his ministers, Rufinus . Stilicho is alleged by some to have wanted control of both  emperors, and is supposed to have had Rufinus assassinated by Gothic mercenaries  in 395; though definite proof of Stilicho's involvement in the assassination is  lacking, the intense competition and political jealousies engendered by the two  figures compose the main thread of the first part of Arcadius' reign. Arcadius'  new advisor, the eunuch Eutropius , simply took Rufinus' place as the power behind the Eastern  imperial throne.

Arcadius was also dominated by his wife Aelia  Eudoxia , who convinced her husband to dismiss Eutropius, who was holding the  consulate, at the height of his power, in 399. That same year, on the 13th July,  Arcadius issued an edict ordering that all remaining non-Christian temples should be immediately demolished .

Eudoxia's influence was strongly opposed by John Chrysostom , the Patriarch of Constantinople , who felt that she had used her family's wealth  to gain control over the emperor. Eudoxia used her influence to have Chrysostom  deposed in 404, but she died later that year. Eudoxia gave to Arcadius four  children: three daughters, Pulcheria ,  Arcadia and Marina, and one son, Theodosius, the future Emperor Theodosius II .

Arcadius was dominated for the rest of his rule by Anthemius , the Praetorian Prefect , who made peace with Stilicho in the West. Arcadius  himself was more concerned with appearing to be a pious Christian than he was with political or military matters, and he died, only  nominally in control of his empire, in 408.

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In this reign of a weak emperor dominated by court politics,  a major theme was the ambivalence felt by prominent individuals and the court  parties that formed and regrouped round them towards barbarians ,  which in Constantinople at this period meant Goths . In the  well-documented episode that revolved around Gainas , a  number of Gothic foederati stationed in the capital were massacred, the  survivors fleeing under the command of Gainas to Thrace , where  they were tracked down by imperial troops and slaughtered and Gainas dispatched.  The episode has been traditionally interpreted as a paroxysm of anti-barbarian  reaction that served to stabilise the East. The main source for the affair is a  mythology à clef by Synesius of  Cyrene, Aegyptus sive de providentia , (400)  an Egyptianising allegory that embodies a covert account of the events, the  exact interpretation of which continues to baffle scholars. Synesius' De  regno , which claims to be addressed to Arcadius himself, contains a tirade  against Goths.

A new forum was built in the name of Arcadius, on the seventh hill of  Constantinople, the Xērolophos , in which a column was begun to commemorate his 'victory' over Gainas (although the  column was only completed after Arcadius' death by Theodosius II ).

The Pentelic marble portrait head of Arcadius (illustration ) was  discovered in Istanbul close to the Forum Tauri, in June 1949, in excavating  foundations for new buildings of the University at Beyazit .  The neck was designed to be inserted in a torso, but no statue, base or  inscription was found. The diadem is a  fillet with rows of pearls along its edges and a rectangular stone set about  with pearls over the young emperor's forehead.


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  • Condition: Authenticity guaranteed.
  • Denomination: AE3
  • Historical Period: Roman: Imperial (27 BC-476 AD)
  • Composition: Bronze
  • Year: 395 AD
  • Era: Ancient
  • Material: Bronze
  • Ruler: Arcadius
  • Date: 392AD

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