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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LukeGob, post: 8332689, member: 73885&quot;]I recently scored 3 new...Honoriuses? Honori? 3 coins on which there is a portrait of Honorius. 1 or 2 are &quot;in the name of&quot; &amp; issued by others, but I&#039;m still clumping them together for this post. He helps bookend my much loved Arcadius type-set, so I&#039;m probably a bit more pleased than I should be, but they&#039;re still cool coins.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;ll start with the AE:</p><p><br /></p><p>Honorius, AE3, Lyon, 2.3g, 14.25mm X 13.33, 0° axis, RIC X-1361, rated R4</p><p>Ob: DN HONORI-VS PF AVG</p><p>Re: (garbled version of) GLORIA RO-MANORVM</p><p>Seems to be GLO[R?]....-MANVR; IN EX: LVG</p><p>Emp. Stg. F., Hd. R. holds standard &amp; rests L. hand on Gr. shield</p><p>Picked up pretty cheap as a &quot;possibly Arcadius?&quot; on Ebay from a seller of vintage watches.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477025[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1477026[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Now for the silver:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; This one is so much better in-hand; nice heft, almost a Severen denarius. Got it on Ebay from lookusover, the ebay version of a brick &amp; mortar store named Hawksworth Manor Antiques in Cincinnati. They say it came from a collection by Daniel Turner, Captain of the USS Constitution from 1839-1841 &amp; a Vet. of the War of 1812. Such a person <i>does</i> exist &amp; he <i>did</i> collect &amp; his collection <i>was</i> sold relatively recently. I found a record of it on sixbids (or something like that), but without an acct, I can only see so much of the lot. The handwriting looks right (the coins were all wrapped in paper with notes written right on it). Mine came with the paper wrap, clearly very old. I about 1/2 believe it for now (default-skeptic); cool provenance if true. If anyone knows anything else about the collection (&quot;Commodores Collection&quot;, they called it), I&#039;d very much appreciate them sharing. Most of the other listed coins are significantly over priced, but at $85, I&#039;m not sure they knew what this one was.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Siliqua, 1.8g, 15mm X 14, 180° axis (+/- &lt; 10°)</p><p>Ob: DN HONORI-VS PF AVG</p><p>Re: VRBS - ROMA</p><p>Roma Std. L. on Cuir., holds Gr. Spr. &amp; Vict. on globe holding palm (or Wr.?). IN EX: RVPS</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I got it assuming it was a Vandal imitation, RIC X-3801. But I&#039;m starting to convince myself it&#039;s official, RIC X-1345, R4. Between the axis, mass, style &amp; nice flan (for-type)...I don&#039;t know. I think I need someone to talk me down from my hopes. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477027[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1477028[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And the 3rd:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Visigoth, in the name of Honorius, 0.7g, 14mm X 11, 0° axis, RIC X-3703</p><p>Ob: DN HONORI-VS PF AVG</p><p>Re: VICTOR-IA AVGG</p><p>Roma Std. L. on throne (supposed to be &quot;on Cuir.&quot;, but this one looks enthroned. Maybe a Cuir. next to it?), holds Gr. Spr. &amp; Vict. on globe holding Wr. MM chipped off (part of 1 letter left, maybe a P, R or T?) </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Listed as a Siliqua, but, with a Re Leg otherwise reserved to 1/2 Siliqua of the time (though the devices are for full Siliqua) &amp; a pretty low mass (would you try &amp; pass this tiny thing off as a full silver coin when paying your crazy mercenary army?), I think it&#039;s likely a fraction of some sort. Any opinions? Thoughts? </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I know the terms are for modern convenience &amp; little is known of how it all breaks down with different fractions, especially with imitations, but still.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Acquired from Savoca, Ebay</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477030[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1477031[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And that&#039;s it. Fun stuff, thanks for looking. Now, back to playing dollies with my daughters before they destroy me with pure Daddy-No-More-Coins Tantrum-Power. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; P.S. As these were all purchased on Ebay, if anyone sees ANY reason to doubt their authenticity, please do not hesitate to burst my bubble.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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