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Message:: [QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3816786, member: 99456"]This attribution is clear if you sort through the evidence: photographic, epigraphic, and a few other graphics... [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] bought his first siliqua in 2017 and at the time wrote: “This was my first late Roman silver coin, and now I may become hooked if I find another quality piece soon”. However there is no further evidence in these pages that he became hooked.  Recently he wrote: “The only siliqua in my collection is this Arcadius.” Not the most enthusiastic post. A thoroughly superficial review of CT posts shows that [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] is expert in late Romans and does demonstrate an attraction to late Roman silver.  He also uses the word “inexpensive” often in his posts (76 times), more than the rest of the field combined.  The photo evidence also points in his direction. I’ve ignored other possibilities to keep from being distracted by too much evidence and putting at risk my logic. [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] is the owner of Coin #3. Here’s an interesting late Roman coin of Theodosius II’s grandfather:[ATTACH=full]1016778[/ATTACH]Flavius Theodosius Augustus AD 388-392 AE4Mint: ConstantinopleObv: D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG, Bust of Theodosius I, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, rightRev: SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, carrying trophy over shoulder with right hand, and dragging captive with left, in left field, tau-rho[/QUOTE]