My second Siliqua - Valens

Getting to the end of my recent buying spree, now, and my Siliqua arrived in today's mail.

VALENS 364-378 AD. AR Siliqua
AR18 mm., 1.89 gm.,
Obv: DN VALEN_S PF AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: URBS ROMA, Roma seated left on throne, holding Victory on globe and sceptre. Mintmark TRPS• in ex.
Coin has a striking crack.
Ref: RIC IX Trier 27e; RSC 109a.

 

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My only siliqua, also a Valens from Trier.

 

I own no siliqua. Congratulations @Topcat7

 

Now this is my type of thread!

Honorius. 393-423 AD. AR Siliqua (18mm, 1.34g). Struck 395-408 CE. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOT / X / MVLT / XX in four lines; all within wreath; CONS. (mint of Constantinople). RIC IX, pg 235, #87c. Good Fine, toned


Valens. AD 364-378. AR Siliqua (1,84g). Antioch mint. Struck CE 367-375. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOT/ X/ MVLT/ XX in four lines within wreath; ANT. RIC IX 34b.1; RSC 96†e. Good VF

Valens Siliqua
Tried mint
375-378 CE
2.01 grams

Magnus Maximus AR Siliqua
Trier mint
Struck early in Maximus's reign, most likely 384.
2.05 Grams

Magnus Maximus AR Siliqua
Obverse die match with above coin.
Struck at Trier probably before the above coin.





Valentinian I AR Siliqua
Antioch mint
365-367 CE
2.1 Grams
I'm going to upgrade this one this summer, If you see a nice Valentinian I Siliqua then pm me.



Valens AR Siliqua. 367-375 CE
18mm
2.21 grams.

Denomination: Silver siliqua.
Mint: Trier
Size: 16.8 x 17.7 mm. Weight: 1.87 grams.
Reference: RSC 157b
Grade: VF but cleaned. Multi-colored toning.
Obverse: Head of Julian II right, with DN CL JULIANVS AVG around.
Reverse: VOT V MVLTIS X in a wreath, with TR (branch) below.


This coin is also on Wildwinds!
Constantius II (337-361). AR Pre Reform Siliqua (20mm, 3.18g, 6h). Constantinople, 351-355. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r. R/ VOTIS/XXX/MVLTIS/XXXX in four lines within wreath; C•Θ. RIC VIII 102; RSC 342-3j. VF – Good VF

I post the rest later!

 

Very nice coin, Zumbly. Sort of what mine used to look like before 'living' got in the way.

 

@> Mag. Max.
I can see why you like these coins so much. They are different to feel, and quite beautifiul. That is a great selection you have put up, for us. Thanks.

 

Possibly my rarest emperor. Jovinus was a Gallo-Roman senator who rose up against Honorius with the help of several barbarian tribes. He was later betrayed by one of the tribes and handed over to Roman officials who executed him.

Jovinus, Western Roman Empire
AR siliqua
Obv: D N IOVIN-VS PF AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VICTOR-IA AVGG, Roma seated left on stylized cuirass, holding Victory on globe and reversed spear
Mint: Lugdunum (Mintmark: SMLDV); struck 411-413 AD
Ref: RIC X 1716

 

A little group that I managed to get hold of some time ago;

 

Was a siliqua the 4rth and 5th century Roman equivalent of what a denarius would have been to a 1st or 2nd century Roman?

 

Wow! I'm trying hard not to drool, but it's impossible. That my friend is a proper little Hoard.

 

You could say that.
Records of coinage from this period are scarce, but we do know that a Comitatensis received 2 Siliquae per day. That should give you an idea of what these were worth at the market.

 

If you ever are looking to sell any of em you know who to PM!

 

My Siliquae continued!

agnus Maximus AR Siliqua
Trier mint
2.0 Grams
Certainly the best looking reverse of any Siliquae that I have ever seen


Constantius II AR Post Reform Siliqua
Antioch mint
355-361 CE

A very rare Argenteus of Emperor Valens! These coins would have been given to the troops and Imperial officials for donatives.


To be continued......

 

I've some siliquae struck for Valens, but this one is certainly a mule (weight =1.39 gr in place of 2.20 gr).


Silique, 375-378, Imitation
A/ D N VALE-N P F AVG
Dominus Noster Valens pius Felix Augustus, Notre maître Valens Pieux et Heureux Auguste
Buste à droite, drapé et cuirassé, tête diadémée (Perles).
R/VRBS-ROMA//TRPAS•
Urbs Roma, La ville de Rome
Rome casquée assise à gauche sur une cuirasse, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et une lance renversée de la main gauche.
Argent - 1.39 gr - 18.5 mm - 11h
RIC IX 46a-I

Comments :
Coin maybe sticked (to see the lack of upper left material). The weight is very low for the siliquae of this reference (weight waited around 2.10). In the legend of the observe, S (VALENS) is missing. The break E-N is not official. In the reverse, the bottom contain a non-existent mint-mark.

Fiche de la monnaie sur la base Siliquae

 

Very nice @SIliquae !

 

still on my list....

but some nice lookin' coins guys, and congrats to you TC...one heck of a spree you had there!

 

Thanks, Chris.
Over for a while now, I am afraid. (Back onto 'Moderns' for a bit.)
It was good while it lasted, though.