That is right, the core (I think copper) is showing in several places around the edge. But the coin was not gilded, by applying a thin layer of...
My understanding is that a subaerat coin is made by striking, where a gold (or silver) sheet is placed over a core of copper or some other base...
I don't know for sure. The coin has all sorts of signs of wear and tear. The gold cover is broken in places around the edge (e.g. at 10 o'clock on...
I have normally no interest in subaerat coins (i.e. ancient forgeries). However, this coin was recently sold in an auction (not a coin auction) in...
Very interesting. My impression is that these coins are mostly found in western Ukraine and Moldova, but this is by no means certain.
Of all my Constantius II Siliquae with VOTA reverses, this is the only one with VOTA XXV MVLTIS XXX, all the others have VOTA XXX MVLTIS XXXX....
I love late Roman bronze coins and was quite happy when I received the following two recent finds. The coins were sold by an antiques dealer and...
Your's is an early style siliqua, most likely attributable to Gaiseric. For comparison, below is a later-style siliqua from my collection, which...
Here is a Magentius Siliqua. Siliquae of Magentius are rather scarce. I won this one in a smaller German auction, where a placed a bid that I...
I kept this one (also from Ukraine) deliberately in this semi-cleaned state. Since these coins could be bought cheaply in collectors' markets in...
Here is another one, which was also found in the Ukraine. I wonder what the historical reason for the inflow of these coins to the area of modern...
This is what I call the less accomplished version of the "eyes-to-heaven"-Siliquae. This coin was also found and bought in Ukraine, where large...
And since this thread is about Constantius II, here is my "Eyes-to-Heaven"-Siliqua of Constantius II. This coins was found and bought in the...
... but there is also a less flattering version of Valens:[ATTACH]
another youthful Valens from my collection. Again the quality of this coin is difficult to top: [ATTACH]
Here is a rather common Valens Siliqua. A lot of Siliquae were apparently issued under Valens. Here an example with youthful portrait: [ATTACH]
I agree, the reverse types of the more affordable Siliquae are quite boring and higher silver denominations are too rare to be within reach of...
Very interesting write up. I thought that the legend "FIDES EQVIT" is local vulgarization of "FIDES AEQVIT". Both forms were used on the coins of...
Even the country where he says he is located doesn't exist (i.e. Yugoslavia). He doesn't have a single bid. So it looks like he is the only one...
This is a wonderful coin: excellent design and condition and a big and heavy piece too. I was often tempted to venture into this field, because...
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