Rejoice With Me: My First Roman Gold Coin

I purchased this today:

It is an AV Solidus of Honorius who "ruled" Rome from AD 395 when he was 10, until his death (of natural causes) at age 38 in AD 423. His reign saw the city of Rome sacked for the first time in 800 years, the Roman abandonment of the Province of Brittania and the removal of the capital of the Western Empire from Rome to Milan.



Roman Empire
Honorius
AD 395-423
AV Solidus
Milan Mint
Issued AD 402-403
SR-20916
RIC X 1206

 

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Wow , that is super nice!

Congratulations.

John

 

Beautiful! No gold in my collection yet...

 

I do rejoice with you @Aethelred - congratulations!

 

Beautiful Solidus @Aethelred.

My first and only gold:

VALENS
AV Solidus
OBVERSE: DN VALENS PER F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: RESTITVTOR REIPUBLICAE, Valens standing right, holding labarum in right hand & Victory on globe in left, cross to left. Mintmark star ANTE star
Struck at Antioch, 364 AD
3.6g, 19mm
Antioch RIC 2d,xxxvii-5

 

I hear tell some feller struck gold in these here parts!?




That is a totally sweet solidus @Aethelred !!

 

I like that @Bing

 

Congratulations on your first ancient gold. It's a beautiful coin. I'm hoping to add some ancient or medieval gold to my collection in 2019.

 

A beautiful coin. Congrats on adding this stunner to your collection.

 

Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold
Molten, graven, hammered and rolled,
Heavy to get and light to hold,
Hoarded, bartered, bought and sold,
Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled,
Spurned by young, but hung by old
To the verge of a church yard mold;
Price of many a crime untold.
Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!
-Thomas Hood

Congrats Michael!! That is an awesome way to close out the year.

 

Don't you have an example of late Roman gold @dadams ?

 

Indeed I do kind sir, but alas, my example is a lowly Tremissis :

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Theodosius II (402-450), AV Tremissis. Constantinople mint , AD 408-419.
Obv: D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG - Pearl diademed draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM - Victory walking right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger, star in right field, conob in exergue
14.32mm, 1.50g
Reference: RIC X 213; Sear 21167

 

My one and so far only Roman gold coin:

Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Empire
AV solidus
Obv: D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, diademed, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield
Rev: IMP XXXX II COS XVII P P, Constantinopolis seated left, with foot on prow, holding cross on globe and sceptre, star in left field
Mint: Constantinople
Mintmark: COMOB
Date: 442 AD
Ref: RIC X 286



And here's a tremissis from the tribe that had sacked Rome in 410, but this was struck two centuries later during their rule over Hispania:

Sisebut, Visigothic Kingdom
AV tremissis
Obv: + SISEBVTVS REX, bust facing
Rev: + TOLETO PIVS, bust facing
Mint: Toledo
Date: 612-621 AD
Ref: Miles 183a

 

A beauty! Congrats!

 

I yet have to have my first ancient gold, congrats

Q

 

Congratulations! That's a beautiful, clean, and well struck example. Be careful, though: once bit, the gold bug produces a strong addiction.

 

Oh trust me, I already feel it coursing through my veins!

 

Congratulations Aethelred - of course we rejoice with thee!
First ancient gold is a major occasion. A very nice example, too.

I well remember how excited I was when I got this one.

 

Beautiful coin @Aethelred - I've been hovering on buying my first gold coin for about six months, either late empire or Byzantine. Haven't pulled the trigger yet, but the fact is I've spent more on rare sestertii this year then I would have if I had purchased gold, so likely I will succumb in the early part of 2019.