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Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 02/02/2015 3:03 pm Very nice. VK and Paul are tied at 15 points. Can anyone beat them ! Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 02/02/2015 5:33 pm Almost forgot -10 AN :) Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 02/02/2015 6:22 pm Since you haven't answered our question and told us what a 'Siliqua' is, you should probably get -20 points yourself. Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 02/02/2015 7:30 pm - 117 points for not reading the description Quote: The siliqua is the modern name given to small, thin, Roman silver coins produced from 4th century and later. Constantius II reduced the weight in the 350's to around 2.2 grams. Originally the Siliqua weighed as much as a post reform Denarius (3.3 grams) Edited by Augustus Maximus 02/02/2015 7:32 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 02/02/2015 7:33 pm What about the ancient meaning? Everyone (at least here on the forum)knows that it is being used as a misnomer for some ancient silver coins. Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 02/02/2015 7:37 pm Siliqua vicesima quarta pars solidi est, ab arbore, cuius semen est, vocabulum tenens. Or for the English audience ,A siliqua is one-twenty fourth of a solidus and the name is taken from the seed of a tree." Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 02/02/2015 7:39 pm Med. I am not going to search through 200+ pages to find your coin . Can you please post your coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 02/02/2015 7:49 pm Close but no cigar. The Siliqua was an ancient Roman weight unit, the name of which has been applied to a silver coin which at the time was in value equivalent to a Siliqua weight of gold. And re the second, you will have to search less pages than the minus points you have given me. Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 02/02/2015 8:19 pm Echizento where are you hiding ? Same goes for you T.C. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 02/02/2015 8:47 pm Whoever figures out the real name that the Romans gave these coins gets 1000000 points and automatically wins! Report this Post to the Staff
Topcat7 Pillar of the Community 1121 Posts	Posted 02/02/2015 9:04 pm Thanks for the invite A.M. but I am not ready yet. I have been made to feel guilty (Lol) by another member of this forum about the lack of 'Organization' of my collection (that has grown like 'topsy'), so you can expect to hear less from me as I attempt to bring some semblance of order to a (very) chaotic situation. Having started collecting 'Modern' and exhausting those in three countries; 6 months ago I came to Ancients, and I have well over 500 (Ancient) coins but less than 10% are 'categorized'. So you see that I have my work cut out for me. Don't be surprised if you see 450 'Ancients' up on ebay as a job lot, soon. That would cut my workload down. (Haha) I did post a coin on TIFs thread that I need some help with, though. Edited by Topcat7 02/02/2015 9:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 02/02/2015 9:14 pm So I take it you don't have a Siliqua. Another reason I collect only Romans ( perhaps a rare soviet here and there) You are always more than welcome to post here T.C. Echizento where art thou ! Edited by Augustus Maximus 02/02/2015 9:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 02/02/2015 9:27 pm Quote: I did post a coin on TIFs thread that I need some help with, though. No good to hide a coin in another thread if you want help with identification. But with ~400 unattributed coins you have a years work cut out, if one assumes that you will have in average the time to get one attributed per day. Report this Post to the Staff
GERMANICVS Pillar of the Community Germany 1852 Posts	Posted 02/03/2015 04:04 am I hope I get this right. Siliqua, Constantinus III (hard to read) Mint: Lugdunum Condition: small portion of flan broken, clipped (?) Did I get that right? Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 02/03/2015 04:43 am Quote: Did I get that right? You certainly did - it's RIC#1531. Report this Post to the Staff
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