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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 4013618, member: 84744"]Pretty sweet gold, [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] and [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER]! When I wrote the post, I did <i>not</i> expect the most commonly posted coin to be a solidus! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I guess I should have, given how suitable the type is. Nice to have both Ravenna and Milan (in silver too!) represented here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks [USER=56653]@seth77[/USER] for linking your Dec. thread, which I completely missed and which continues the story very nicely. I'd love to get my hands on one of those Gaul series siliquae (someone got a pretty amazing deal on one from Naumann <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2595204" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2595204" rel="nofollow">a few years ago</a>). </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER], that RVPS Carthage is pretty nifty too! I wonder how much wealth Rome had built up in 45 years for Gaiseric to abscond with. Perhaps the greater number of captives taken in 455 is partly explained by Rome's relative poverty compared to the 410 sack.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only migration period silver is this much later Lombard imitation of Justinian (half siliqua):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055708[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 4013618, member: 84744"]Pretty sweet gold, [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] and [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER]! When I wrote the post, I did [I]not[/I] expect the most commonly posted coin to be a solidus! :wideyed: I guess I should have, given how suitable the type is. Nice to have both Ravenna and Milan (in silver too!) represented here. Thanks [USER=56653]@seth77[/USER] for linking your Dec. thread, which I completely missed and which continues the story very nicely. I'd love to get my hands on one of those Gaul series siliquae (someone got a pretty amazing deal on one from Naumann [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2595204']a few years ago[/URL]). [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER], that RVPS Carthage is pretty nifty too! I wonder how much wealth Rome had built up in 45 years for Gaiseric to abscond with. Perhaps the greater number of captives taken in 455 is partly explained by Rome's relative poverty compared to the 410 sack. My only migration period silver is this much later Lombard imitation of Justinian (half siliqua): [ATTACH=full]1055708[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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