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<p>[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4016096, member: 73473"]Fascinating post!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an Siliqua of Honorius struck in Rome in either 407 or 408 during the first siege of Rome. As with the LRB’s there is a clear deterioration of size, weight and design. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1056121[/ATTACH] </p><p>Honorius AR Siliqua</p><p>Minted 407-408 CE</p><p>1.29 Grams</p><p>18mm</p><p>Rome mint</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare this pitiful siliqua to one of Maximus struck only 20 years earlier. Note that on paper in 407 Honorius controlled double the territory and resources that Maximus would have in 387.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1056125[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1056126[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4016096, member: 73473"]Fascinating post! Here is an Siliqua of Honorius struck in Rome in either 407 or 408 during the first siege of Rome. As with the LRB’s there is a clear deterioration of size, weight and design. [ATTACH=full]1056121[/ATTACH] Honorius AR Siliqua Minted 407-408 CE 1.29 Grams 18mm Rome mint Compare this pitiful siliqua to one of Maximus struck only 20 years earlier. Note that on paper in 407 Honorius controlled double the territory and resources that Maximus would have in 387. [ATTACH=full]1056125[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1056126[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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