Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2092955, member: 19463&quot;]Mine is 2.9g but lighter from the patchy corrosion.&nbsp; I am extremely unimpressed by the way RIC avoided listing weight ranges for this silver considering they usually gave numbers for Volume VIII bronzes.&nbsp; Certainly there was an economic crisis.&nbsp; How else can you explain the Falling Horseman fall from 5g AE2 to 2g AE4 in the decade of the 350&#039;s?&nbsp; Part of this might reflect the cost of protecting the borders from barbarians and the Sasanian menace that timed with the worst of the reductions in the very late 350&#039;s.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think we can accept the negative reviews of his rule.&nbsp; We are in no firm position to judge fairly the politics of the 350&#039;s.&nbsp; Constantius II was Arian but the histories were written by the Orthodox.&nbsp; People with a religious ax to grind are not known for being fair in their histories.&nbsp; You would think that we would be immune from fighting wars from over a millennium ago but hatred seems to outrank professionalism or journalistic integrity.&nbsp; When the authors of SHA worked, no one would say anything nice about an Arian.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For what it is worth, I deplore the concept that we need to consider the personality or merit of the rulers that issued the coins we collect.&nbsp; I do not have to admire Caligula or condone his activities to collect his coins.&nbsp; I like Antoninus Pius because he had some interesting coins (both Roman and from Alexandria!) not because he was a nice guy or &#039;Pius&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in