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<p>[QUOTE="Aethelred, post: 8106291, member: 81808"]I recently added this to my collection, I do not have a lot a silver from this era so each one is special. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1410094[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is as Silver Siliquia of Constantine II (as Augustus AD 337-361). It was minted at Constantinople between AD 353-355. Sear lists it as SR-17939 and in RIC VIII it is #102</p><p><br /></p><p>I love the simple reverse design and I am fascinated by the history of the period. I recall reading somewhere that Constantine’s three sons were called “the Three Vipers” by one ancient writer, but I think that is unfair…</p><p><br /></p><p>… to vipers![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Aethelred, post: 8106291, member: 81808"]I recently added this to my collection, I do not have a lot a silver from this era so each one is special. [ATTACH=full]1410094[/ATTACH] This is as Silver Siliquia of Constantine II (as Augustus AD 337-361). It was minted at Constantinople between AD 353-355. Sear lists it as SR-17939 and in RIC VIII it is #102 I love the simple reverse design and I am fascinated by the history of the period. I recall reading somewhere that Constantine’s three sons were called “the Three Vipers” by one ancient writer, but I think that is unfair… … to vipers![/QUOTE]
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