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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 8360681, member: 44210&quot;]I was very fortunate to have acquired a coin of this rare, short-lived, and interesting type for my collection. This was among the first coins struck by the Visigoths, and a product of the turbulent early fifth century, soon after their sack of Rome in 410. After the sack and the death of their king Alaric, the Visigoths went on to continue to ravage Italy and southern Gaul. During their time in Gaul in 414 AD, the Visigoths under King Ataulf propped up Priscus Attalus as Roman emperor for the second time against Emperor Honorius. Successful campaigning against the tribe by Honorius&#039;s general Constantius III pushed the Visigoths to abandon Attalus in 415, who was later captured by Honorius-aligned Roman forces. In 415, the Visigoths were brought to the negotiating table and signed a peace treaty with Honorius; subsequently, the tribe fought as foederati for the Romans against other Germanic tribes that were occupying parts of the Western Roman Empire. In 418, as a result of their service, Honorius granted them their own territory in Aquitania (in later years, the Visigoths would also extended their control to Hispania).</p><p><br /></p><p>During Attalus&#039;s second usurpation, siliquae were minted in his name by the Visigoths in Gaul, the mint city possibly being Narbonne (which was taken by the Visigoths in 413). Along with the Attalus siliquae, there are those that were stuck bearing Honorius&#039;s name and effigy; these carried the mintmark PSVR indicating Ravenna (however, the Visigoths never controlled Ravenna and this appropriation of a Ravenna mintmark could be seen as an attempt to make the coins more accepted). The Attalus siliquae have the reverse legend ending in &quot;AVGG&quot; and &quot;AVGGG&quot; while the Honorius coins were only stuck with the latter (interestingly enough on my coin it has &quot;ACGG&quot;; or possibly the C is a deformed V). It is not know with full certainty if these Honorius siliquae were struck before, during, or after the second usurpation and subsequent abandonment of Attalus, but according to J.P.C. Kent in his 1989 address to the Royal Numismatic Society, it is most likely that they were made after the 418 settlement treaty, with an ending date of 423 for this issue (although the earlier date of 415 is likely as well).</p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>In the name of <u>Honorius</u>, Visigoths in Gaul</b></p><p>AR siliqua</p><p><b>Obv</b>: D N HONORI VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right</p><p><b>Rev</b>: VICTOR-IA ACGG, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and spear</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Narbonne (or another mint in Gaul)</p><p><b>Date</b>: 415/418 to 423 AD</p><p><b>Ref</b>: RIC X 3703 var.</p><p><b>Size</b>: 1.1 grams, 11 mm wide</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1483931[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Western Roman Empire at the end of 418 AD:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1483932[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sources for information and map:</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG (<a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=163273" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=163273" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=163273</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Please post your coins of Honorius, siliquae, the Visigoths, any/or anything else relevant!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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