I picked this junky thing up a while ago. It was only a couple bucks, I think $8 with shipping, on Ebay, & listed as of Theodosius II; VOT/XV/MVLT/XX. That didn't seem to fit what little was on the Re, but the Ob leg, what there is, seemed like Theo II. Figured what the hey, I don't have any silver for Theo II, it'll make a cheap place-holder & fun mystery. Took a bit, but I think I have it. It's not Theo II ( or I), but Anastasius fits. SB-11A var. MIB-I:18 (d is close to this). Re Leg is something like: (TO)V/(LTM)V/(M)TI / (CONO)S* Ob: (DN ANASTA-)SIVS PP AVC Just over 1g Rare enough I really doubt I'll get another chance at one at a price I can live with in any condition. For an Anastasius siliqua, I'll have to settle for one repurposed as a 1/2 siliqua. Any other ideas what this could be? Kind of assuming a lot, but it fits, style seems right & I can find no other options (aside from an imitative piece with just jibberish on the cut-off side; which is possible, but doubtful).
Happy probably isn't the right word. "Interested" maybe? I get junk stuff like this a lot (more than I should, probably) when it's cheap & I don't know what it is mostly for the fun of trying to ID it. Sometimes it turns out to be what would be an interesting coin. Granted, you don't actually have said interesting coin, not really, but the process of learning about it is worth something to me. This time, I learned about a type I didn't know existed; I thought this reverse started with Justinian & at (I think?) Carthage. I wouldn't normally get something like this if I knew what it was, unless it was something like a Constantine III. I just think of it as a different thing than getting-a-coin-for-my-collection; adjacent, but different.
