{"product_id":"roman-ae-of-honorius-ad-393-423-ngc-ae2","title":"Ancient Roman Bronze Coin of Emperor Honorius (Ruler During Rome’s Final Centuries)","description":"\u003ch4 bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":9,\"w\":560,\"h\":39,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":9}'\u003eOwn a Bronze Coin from the Emperor Who Ruled From Ravenna While Rome Was Sacked for the First Time in Eight Centuries\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":59,\"w\":560,\"h\":97,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":59}'\u003eA real AE2 bronze of Honorius — the child emperor who inherited the western empire at his father Theodosius's death in AD 395, governed from the safety of Ravenna while Stilicho fought desperately to hold the frontiers, and reigned through the Visigothic sack of Rome in AD 410 — the most psychologically devastating event in the western empire's final century. NGC certified.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":173,\"w\":560,\"h\":58,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":173}'\u003e✓ \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":27,\"y\":174,\"w\":95,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":27,\"abs_y\":174}'\u003eNGC Certified\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr bis_size='{\"x\":123,\"y\":174,\"w\":0,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":123,\"abs_y\":174}'\u003e✓ \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":27,\"y\":193,\"w\":151,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":27,\"abs_y\":193}'\u003eGuaranteed Authentic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr bis_size='{\"x\":179,\"y\":193,\"w\":0,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":179,\"abs_y\":193}'\u003e✓ \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":27,\"y\":213,\"w\":109,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":27,\"abs_y\":213}'\u003e30-Day Returns\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":248,\"w\":560,\"h\":156,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":248}'\u003e🏙️ From the emperor who governed from \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":249,\"w\":546,\"h\":36,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":249}'\u003eRavenna while Alaric's Visigoths sacked Rome in AD 410\u003c\/strong\u003e — the first capture of the eternal city in nearly eight centuries, an event that shook the ancient world's psychological foundations\u003cbr bis_size='{\"x\":418,\"y\":288,\"w\":0,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":418,\"abs_y\":288}'\u003e🏛 Reverse depicts \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":140,\"y\":307,\"w\":226,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":140,\"abs_y\":307}'\u003eVictory, Roma, or martial themes\u003c\/strong\u003e — resilience and strength projected by a western court that was losing Britain, Gaul, and Spain while its emperor remained behind Ravenna's marshes\u003cbr bis_size='{\"x\":248,\"y\":347,\"w\":0,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":248,\"abs_y\":347}'\u003e🤲 A substantial \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":121,\"y\":366,\"w\":125,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":121,\"abs_y\":366}'\u003eAE2 denomination\u003c\/strong\u003e — the larger bronze of a western empire that was contracting toward its final decades of effective authority. NGC certified.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":420,\"w\":560,\"h\":19,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":420}'\u003e\u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":421,\"w\":177,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":421}'\u003eOwn This Piece of History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":456,\"w\":560,\"h\":19,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":456}'\u003eWhy This Coin Matters\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":486,\"w\":560,\"h\":137,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":486}'\u003eHonorius became western Augustus at approximately eight years old in \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":473,\"y\":487,\"w\":51,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":473,\"abs_y\":487}'\u003eAD 393\u003c\/strong\u003e, and real governance rested for the first decade of his reign with the half-Vandal general \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":526,\"w\":51,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":526}'\u003eStilicho\u003c\/strong\u003e — his guardian, father-in-law, and the most capable military commander the western empire possessed. Stilicho spent those years performing military miracles: containing \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":83,\"y\":565,\"w\":121,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":83,\"abs_y\":565}'\u003eAlaric's Visigoths\u003c\/strong\u003e, repelling invasions across the Rhine, managing the simultaneous collapse of multiple frontier sectors with forces that were never adequate for the task.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":639,\"w\":560,\"h\":195,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":639}'\u003eIn \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":27,\"y\":640,\"w\":52,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":27,\"abs_y\":640}'\u003eAD 408\u003c\/strong\u003e, Honorius had Stilicho executed — the victim of court intrigue and accusations of treasonous dealings with Alaric. The execution eliminated the one man capable of defending what remained of the western empire. Within two years the consequences became undeniable. \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":699,\"w\":540,\"h\":36,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":699}'\u003eAlaric's Visigoths sacked Rome in August AD 410\u003c\/strong\u003e — three days of looting that, while not as destructive as later accounts suggest, produced a psychological shock that reverberated across the ancient world. The eternal city, unconquered for nearly eight centuries, had fallen to barbarians while the western emperor sat safely in \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":205,\"y\":777,\"w\":58,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":205,\"abs_y\":777}'\u003eRavenna\u003c\/strong\u003e — a city chosen precisely because its surrounding marshes made it militarily defensible and politically irrelevant to the empire's actual problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":851,\"w\":560,\"h\":156,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":851}'\u003eThe famous story — possibly apocryphal but symbolically perfect — records that when Honorius was told Rome had fallen, he initially panicked because he thought the news referred to his prize cockerel, also named Roma, rather than the city. Whether true or not, the anecdote captures something real about a reign defined by isolation from the catastrophes occurring in its name. Britain, Gaul, and Spain slipped from effective Roman control during his reign. He died in \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":286,\"y\":950,\"w\":51,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":286,\"abs_y\":950}'\u003eAD 423\u003c\/strong\u003e having governed the western empire for thirty years while it contracted around him. This AE2 bronze was struck during those years of accelerating loss. 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