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<p>[QUOTE="SIliquae, post: 4592731, member: 76032"]<b>HONORIUS - RAVENNE - RIC X Imitation</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.siliques.fr/SILIQUAE_WEB/fichemonnaie/01614.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.siliques.fr/SILIQUAE_WEB/fichemonnaie/01614.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.siliques.fr/SILIQUAE_WEB/image_grande/01614.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><font size="2"><i>Crédit photo : ©Siliquae</i></font></p><p>Silique, 440-440, Imitation</p><p>A/ <b>D N HONORI-VS P F AVG</b></p><p><i>Dominus Noster Honorius Pius Felix Augustus, Notre Maître Honorius Pieux et Heureux Auguste</i></p><p>Buste à droite, drapé et cuirassé, tête diadémée (Perles).</p><p>R/ <b>VRBS-ROMA//RVPS</b></p><p><i>Urbs Roma, La ville de Rome</i></p><p>Rome casquée assise à gauche sur une cuirasse tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.</p><p><br /></p><p>Argent 900/1000, Poids : 1.28 Gr, Diamètre : 14.8 mm, axe des coins : 6h</p><p><a href="http://www.nummus-bible-database.com/monnaie-32729.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nummus-bible-database.com/monnaie-32729.htm" rel="nofollow">La monnaie est sur Nummus-Bible</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Comments</u></b>:</p><p>Siliqua, copy of a broadcast from the Ravennes workshop, issued in the name of Honorius, and attributed to the vandals. Issue after 439. We also notice here the "barbaric" character of this silique whose exergue has two retrograde letters, the "R" and the "P"</p><p><br /></p><p>Another almost identical siliqua, certainly from the same clandestine workshop, or even from the same engraver whose way of typing retrograde letters is almost identical.</p><p>Sale The New York Sale - XI / 4004 - 11.01.2006 (The weight is 1.42gr).</p><p>Bibliography: MEC 1. C. Morrisson and J. H. Schwartz, Vandal Silver Coinage in the Name of Honorius, ANS MN 27 (1982), 156, 99:</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=406865" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=406865" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=406865</a></p><p><br /></p><p>See the discussion on the forum:</p><p><a href="http://www.numismaticom.com/t6650-silique-a-identifier" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismaticom.com/t6650-silique-a-identifier" rel="nofollow">http://www.numismaticom.com/t6650-silique-a-identifier</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A very similar siliqua, contemporary strike (Ex Bankhaus H. Aufhäuser, Munich sale 7 - 1990):</p><p>h<a href="http://ttps://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=278502" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ttps://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=278502" rel="nofollow">ttps://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=278502</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.siliques.fr/SILIQUAE_WEB/fichemonnaie/01614.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.siliques.fr/SILIQUAE_WEB/fichemonnaie/01614.htm" rel="nofollow">Fiche de la monnaie sur la base Siliquae</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SIliquae, post: 4592731, member: 76032"][B]HONORIUS - RAVENNE - RIC X Imitation[/B] [URL='http://www.siliques.fr/SILIQUAE_WEB/fichemonnaie/01614.htm'][IMG]http://www.siliques.fr/SILIQUAE_WEB/image_grande/01614.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [SIZE=2][I]Crédit photo : ©Siliquae[/I][/SIZE] Silique, 440-440, Imitation A/ [B]D N HONORI-VS P F AVG[/B] [I]Dominus Noster Honorius Pius Felix Augustus, Notre Maître Honorius Pieux et Heureux Auguste[/I] Buste à droite, drapé et cuirassé, tête diadémée (Perles). R/ [B]VRBS-ROMA//RVPS[/B] [I]Urbs Roma, La ville de Rome[/I] Rome casquée assise à gauche sur une cuirasse tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche. Argent 900/1000, Poids : 1.28 Gr, Diamètre : 14.8 mm, axe des coins : 6h [URL='http://www.nummus-bible-database.com/monnaie-32729.htm']La monnaie est sur Nummus-Bible[/URL] [B][U]Comments[/U][/B]: Siliqua, copy of a broadcast from the Ravennes workshop, issued in the name of Honorius, and attributed to the vandals. Issue after 439. We also notice here the "barbaric" character of this silique whose exergue has two retrograde letters, the "R" and the "P" Another almost identical siliqua, certainly from the same clandestine workshop, or even from the same engraver whose way of typing retrograde letters is almost identical. Sale The New York Sale - XI / 4004 - 11.01.2006 (The weight is 1.42gr). Bibliography: MEC 1. C. Morrisson and J. H. Schwartz, Vandal Silver Coinage in the Name of Honorius, ANS MN 27 (1982), 156, 99: [URL]http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=406865[/URL] See the discussion on the forum: [URL]http://www.numismaticom.com/t6650-silique-a-identifier[/URL] A very similar siliqua, contemporary strike (Ex Bankhaus H. Aufhäuser, Munich sale 7 - 1990): h[URL='http://ttps://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=278502']ttps://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=278502[/URL] [URL='http://www.siliques.fr/SILIQUAE_WEB/fichemonnaie/01614.htm']Fiche de la monnaie sur la base Siliquae[/URL][/QUOTE]
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