Byzantine Imperial Theodosius II Constantinople

In AD 401, Theodosius II was proclaimed co-emperor by his father Arcadius at the tender age of nine months and by the age of seven he was sole emperor of the entire Eastern Roman Empire. While matters of state were organised by the imperial court, the young Theodosius II took on the ceremonial role of Emperor, as seen on the reverse of this coin where he is presented enthroned despite being, at most, fourteen years old. Crowned with a nimbus which 'we pretend surrounds the heads of gods and emperors like a bright cloud' [Servius, ad Aeneidem 3.587]; that this young ruler was intended to be perceived as 'divine' is incontestable.

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