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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1793171, member: 42773&quot;]Well, I meant to say <b>siliqua </b>instead of solidus. Sorry - my mistake.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You know that I&#039;m new to collecting ancients, so my experience in the market is very short-term. But what I&#039;ve seen of Honorius AE&#039;s is an abundance of pieces like the OP&#039;s, that you collect more for their numismatic and historic significance rather than aesthetic. If you go searching for a well-struck, well-preserved bronze, you&#039;ll be looking at a price tag of a couple Franklins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you&#039;re in that spending range already, and all you want is an example of that ruler&#039;s coinage, a few extra bucks will give you a selection of nice siliquae - coins that were better made than the bronzes to begin with, and seemed to have survived better as well.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The solidi, of course, are in another spending bracket altogether.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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