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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Conduitt, post: 8251361, member: 109923&quot;]Wow, beautiful coin. You&#039;ve done pretty well collecting solidi despite needing the provenance!</p><p><br /></p><p>I only have 2 solidi, neither anywhere near as beautiful. But they come from the Valentinian era and have provenance (I&#039;m also wary of fakes at the price, but I like coins with a history).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Jovian Solidus, 363-364</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453802[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Constantinople. Gold, 21mm, 4.5g. Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; D N IOVIA-NVS P F PERP AVG. Roma, holding spear, enthroned, supporting shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X with Constantinopolis, holding sceptre and seated to left with foot on prow; SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE; CONSP in exergue (RIC VIII, 170).</b> From the West Norfolk Hoard 2020 (Portable Antiquities Scheme <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1009138" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1009138" rel="nofollow">https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1009138</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Magnus Maximus Solidus, 383-388</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453804[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Augusta. Gold, 21mm, 4.59g. Rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front; D N MAG MA-XIMVS P F AVG. Magnus Maximus and Theodosius I seated, jointly holding globe; Victory above facing between; vertical palm branch under throne; VICTOR-IA AVGG, AVGOB in exergue (RIC IX 2b).</b> NGC Cert #6057866-002 <a href="https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6057866-002/NGCAncients/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6057866-002/NGCAncients/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6057866-002/NGCAncients/</a>. Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys, 1906-1979.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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