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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3522238, member: 88829&quot;]Here is my siliqua for Vetranio:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]935288[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It was a kick getting it (very reasonably at the time) but the Vetranio item I covet to this day is a particular heavy miliarense.&nbsp; Let me explain:</p><p><br /></p><p>In RIC VIII, the late John Kent illustrated Thessalonika 125, which is a heavy miliarense:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]935290[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look carefully the features of both sides of that coin are nearly identical to the two large bronzes I showed you.&nbsp; The physical dimensions of a heavy miliarense often fall in the same range as the dimensions of the bronzes I showed.&nbsp; More to the point, however, is that this particular miliarense shows the same obverse spelling anomaly as is found on these two coins.&nbsp; Could it be a die match on the obverse?&nbsp; I have not seen an actual example of the miliarense, but those obverses sure look similar in the pics.&nbsp; As for the reverses, they too are similar, except that the miliarense does not have the same kind of exergual line as the bronzes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would love to be able to do a side by side comparison.&nbsp; That is the driver for my interest in such a coin.&nbsp; But at my income bracket I know it is hopelessly out of reach.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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