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Constantinople AD 402-408. Pearl-diademed and draped facing busts of Honorius, Theodosius and Arcadius respectively.
Official solidus weights, based on a standard 'imperial pound, came into being with the law of Julian of AD 363, which established a zygostates an official weigher of solidi in each city to restore confidence in the solidus, which had become subject to widespread clipping. Exagium derives from the Latin exigere, to drive out in this case, the underweight solidi, thereby maintaining an acceptable weight standard necessary for the imperial gold coinage to circulate at full value. Many such exagia display holes and or plugs to bring the exagium to the correct weight, so unmodified exagia are thus a rarity.
Official solidus weights, based on a standard 'imperial pound, came into being with the law of Julian of AD 363, which established a zygostates an official weigher of solidi in each city to restore confidence in the solidus, which had become subject to widespread clipping. Exagium derives from the Latin exigere, to drive out in this case, the underweight solidi, thereby maintaining an acceptable weight standard necessary for the imperial gold coinage to circulate at full value. Many such exagia display holes and or plugs to bring the exagium to the correct weight, so unmodified exagia are thus a rarity.