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Roman Coinage of the Western EmperorsUpon the death of his father Theodosius I in 395 A.D. Arcadius became sole ruler of the Eastern portion of the Roman Empire. He had been proclaimed Augustus in 383 A.D. at the age of six. As compared to the Eastern portion of the Empire the west enjoyed a more relatively peaceful and prosperous period. The final emperor of what is known as the Roman Empire was Anastasius, in 498 A.D. he instituted a reform of the bronze coinage, in which he introduced a series of large folles. These coins are characteristic of the coins of the Justinian and Heraclean dynasties that dominated the Eastern Empire over the next several centuries. Due to this numismatists usually use the year 498 A.D. to mark the date of the final transformation of the Roman Empire into the Byzantine Empire.
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