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After many months of searching and waiting, I now have a siliqua of my own, of Emperor Honorius. This is my most costly coin so far. I could have settled on a cheaper clipped one, but my only condition was that it had to be non-clipped, and luckily I found and won this one. The only downside is that I probably won't see it until after I get back from vacation  . Honorius (reigned 393-423 AD) AR Siliqua Obv: DN HONORIVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right Rev: VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma seated left with Victory and holding inverted spear with hook, MDPS in ex, Milan (my first Roman coin from this mint) RIC X 1228 Seller's pic  Edited by VisigothKing
06/20/2012 3:58 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
You are one siliqua ahead of me. And not a bad coin at all. Congrats.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2596 Posts |
Nice coin. You are also a coin ahead of me in this type.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2044 Posts |
Nice coin indeed. I don't have a siliqua either. Maybe one day, if I ever start making more money.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4984 Posts |
congrats! nice lookin' coin!
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4778 Posts |
Thanks all! When I get the coin, it will be one of the highlights of my ever-growing collection.
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Nice coin, I don't have any either.
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Pillar of the Community
Bulgaria
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Nice coin,I have one but it was clipped maybe in ancient times
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
Thanks echizento and t0rress!
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Pillar of the Community
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Well of course very few of us have a Siliqua in "our" collections => it's because that dude, Siliquae, has all of them in "his" collection!!  |
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Ummm okay, I admit that I can be kinda dense every now and then, and this is definitely one of those times ... ummm, but what actually makes a coin a "siliqua"? => is it merely a silver (AR) Roman coin minted in the 4th century? (NOTE: all of the siliqua-examples that I've seen on this thread seem to have been minted between 360-400 AD) => yah-yah-yah, I know ... it's probably the 3rd or 4th thread this week associated with this type of coin and I still haven't quite figured-out what I'm looking at!! (*whateva*)   |
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United States
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Yeah, siliqua is the modern term given to the thin silver coins minted from the 4th to the 7th centuries. It is copper plated with silver (not sure the exact copper-silver ratio though). Unfortunately many siliquae were clipped on the edges for their silver.
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nice, okay => thanks mang!!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Does anyone know the percentage of silver that siliquae had? Just wondering.
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