Roman Silver Siliqua of Arcadius Milan Mint

Code: 10611

This is an ancient Roman silver Siliqua of emperor Arcadius dating to 395 - 402 A.D.

DN ARCADI-VS PF AVG pearl-diademed draped and cuirassed bust right 

VIRTVS ROMANORVM  Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear.

This coin was minted at Milan (Milan, Italy), mintmark MDPS. This coin would have been included within the last official shipment of silver to Britain,  before Rome abandoned all interest in the province in 410 A.D. As such many of these coins display clipping well into the Saxon period. 

CULTURE: ROMAN

DENOMINATION: Siliqua

MATERIAL: Silver

DATE: 392 - 395 A.D.

MINTMARK: MDPS (Milan, Italy)

SIZE: 16mm dia

WEIGHT: 1.1 grams

ATTRIBUTION:  RIC IX 32b.3