The man known to us as Emperor Flavius Valentinian I was born in AD 321 in the Roman border province of Pannonia to Gratian the Elder and an...
Hi folks, I am delighted to share with you my recent acquisition: a splendid siliqua/argentiolus of Magnus Maximus, minted in Mediolanum during...
The man who would become known to us as Emperor Jovian was born in A.D. 331 in Roman Ilyria. His father, Varronianus, served in the army and...
Valentinian I Argenteus, struck A.D. 364-367. 2.96 grams [ATTACH]
Flavius Victor, son of Magnus Maximus and his wife (Helena?), was born before his father's claim to the purple in A.D. 383. Magnus Maximus, who...
@Bing Try reloading the page now. Nice coins btw.
Exactly! Inflation was simply a symptom of the growing list of problems the Roman economy was accruing in the 3rd century. The Cyprian Plague in...
Early Life The man who would be known to us as Emperor Theodosius I was born in A.D. 347 in Cauca, Gallecia Hispania. Theodosius's father, also...
Thank you! Adrianople was a disaster but only involved units from the Eastern Roman Army, as Gratian and the Western Roman units arrived too...
@tibor Thank you! It has been nearly seven years since I began collecting siliquae, and I am happy with my collection thus far.
[ATTACH] Here are most of my siliqua, @tibor .
Background: In 387, Magnus Maximus used a barbarian invasion of Raetia to move troops past the armies of Valentinian II into northern Italy....
Nice one
[IMG] Constantius II AR Pre reform Siliqua Circ 351-355 CE 3.11 Grams Constantinople mint. I had to dig deep in my archives to find this one....
Lovely Siliqua, @Valentinian. Constantius II minted a lot of siliquae and really started churning them out after his reform of 355. Here are some...
Likely 392 to 395 AD, which means it was potentially minted by the usurper Eugenius(392-394), to curry favor with Theodosius I in a bid for...
Lovely siliqua. As @Romancollector notes, your coin is genuine. Siliqua generally have varying standards of quality that really start to go...
Wow, that’s a rare coin! I know Magnus Maximus struck a limited amount of coins(mostly solidii) of Theodosius. However, I don’t think he ever...
@ValiantKnight Yeah, Siliqua can be finicky to photograph.
Greetings everyone, As my username suggests, I am a fan of the late Roman period, specifically from the reigns of Valentinian I to Theodosius I....
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