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<p>[QUOTE="OutsiderSubtype, post: 4900260, member: 112457"]I acquired this heavily clipped siliqua of Valens in CNG eAuction 477:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182460[/ATTACH]</p><p>It arrived today, and it is very nice in hand, very pleasing silver color and some light toning as their description said.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182461[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Valens. Circa 367-375 CE. Silver Siliqua. 15mm, 1.2g. Trier mint. Obverse: DN VALENS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valens right. Reverse: VRBS ROMA, figure of Roma seated left, holding Victory on globe and a scepter. RIC IX 27e.1.</p><p><br /></p><p>Heavily clipped in post-Roman Britain.</p><p><br /></p><p>From CNG Electronic Auction 477. Ex Todd Hansen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XX.2 (Summer 1995), SP2125 (listed as “Time of King Arthur”).</p><p><br /></p><p>Seeing that CNG had previously sold this coin through their Summer 1995 print catalog, I also acquired the Summer 1995 Classical Numismatic Review for a small amount from an online bookseller.</p><p><br /></p><p>1995 was the year when Prodigy and AOL made the internet accessible to the general public, which of course would have great affects on coin collecting along with just about everything else in the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought I would post a few snippets from the Review as a throwback to that year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what the entry for SP2125 says:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Silver currency of post-Roman Britain. After the final withdrawal of Roman troops from Britain at the beginning of the fifth century AD, the Romanized Celtic population was left to fend for itself against Germanic (Saxon) invasions. Arthur, probably a powerful warlord in early Britain, was one of these defenders. Without the Roman presence, local commerce was left without a continuing supply of new coinage, and no official British coinage was struck for another 200 years. Roman silver siliquae continued to circulate but were routinely clipped to remove silver from the edges. It is still a mystery to modern scholars whether clipping was carried out officially to a particular standard or whether the clipping was simply the private removal of silver for profiteering. We have acquired a group of these clipped siliquae, all struck in the fourth century AD in the reigns of Constantius II, Julian the Apostate, Theodosius I, Honorius, Arcadius, et al. While most no longer have the obverse legend, some can still be attributed to reign by portrait, reverse type, or partial legends. An interesting illustration of how coinage circulated in the declining Roman world, the time of Arthur.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Interestingly, CNG had this entry as part of a chronological listing of British coins. They were trying to sell to collectors who wanted an example of a Romano-British coin as part of a larger British collection. It's a good idea, and I wish more sellers today would consider organizing their offerings by geography and theme rather than just chronology.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other contents of the review that I have read so far include an article on Electrum Sixths and the Treaty of Mytilene and a press release announcing the appointment of Wayne G. Sayles as Director of Marketing and Public Affairs for CNG.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are several humorous Letters to the Editor.</p><p><br /></p><p>One is salivating over a solidus of Galla Placidia (I can relate).</p><p><br /></p><p>One is a song, meant to be sung to the tune of <i>Sixteen Tons</i>, a sample of which:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>A registered letter, and what do you get -</i></p><p><i>Another stavraton, and deeper in debt;</i></p><p><i>St. Harlan, don't you call me, 'cause I can't buy -</i></p><p><i>I owe my soul to the CNG store!</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>One is a rather nice cartoon and letter from a Canadian:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182465[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="OutsiderSubtype, post: 4900260, member: 112457"]I acquired this heavily clipped siliqua of Valens in CNG eAuction 477: [ATTACH=full]1182460[/ATTACH] It arrived today, and it is very nice in hand, very pleasing silver color and some light toning as their description said. [ATTACH=full]1182461[/ATTACH] Valens. Circa 367-375 CE. Silver Siliqua. 15mm, 1.2g. Trier mint. Obverse: DN VALENS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valens right. Reverse: VRBS ROMA, figure of Roma seated left, holding Victory on globe and a scepter. RIC IX 27e.1. Heavily clipped in post-Roman Britain. From CNG Electronic Auction 477. Ex Todd Hansen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XX.2 (Summer 1995), SP2125 (listed as “Time of King Arthur”). Seeing that CNG had previously sold this coin through their Summer 1995 print catalog, I also acquired the Summer 1995 Classical Numismatic Review for a small amount from an online bookseller. 1995 was the year when Prodigy and AOL made the internet accessible to the general public, which of course would have great affects on coin collecting along with just about everything else in the world. I thought I would post a few snippets from the Review as a throwback to that year. Here is what the entry for SP2125 says: [I]Silver currency of post-Roman Britain. After the final withdrawal of Roman troops from Britain at the beginning of the fifth century AD, the Romanized Celtic population was left to fend for itself against Germanic (Saxon) invasions. Arthur, probably a powerful warlord in early Britain, was one of these defenders. Without the Roman presence, local commerce was left without a continuing supply of new coinage, and no official British coinage was struck for another 200 years. Roman silver siliquae continued to circulate but were routinely clipped to remove silver from the edges. It is still a mystery to modern scholars whether clipping was carried out officially to a particular standard or whether the clipping was simply the private removal of silver for profiteering. We have acquired a group of these clipped siliquae, all struck in the fourth century AD in the reigns of Constantius II, Julian the Apostate, Theodosius I, Honorius, Arcadius, et al. While most no longer have the obverse legend, some can still be attributed to reign by portrait, reverse type, or partial legends. An interesting illustration of how coinage circulated in the declining Roman world, the time of Arthur. [/I] Interestingly, CNG had this entry as part of a chronological listing of British coins. They were trying to sell to collectors who wanted an example of a Romano-British coin as part of a larger British collection. It's a good idea, and I wish more sellers today would consider organizing their offerings by geography and theme rather than just chronology. [I][/I] Other contents of the review that I have read so far include an article on Electrum Sixths and the Treaty of Mytilene and a press release announcing the appointment of Wayne G. Sayles as Director of Marketing and Public Affairs for CNG. There are several humorous Letters to the Editor. One is salivating over a solidus of Galla Placidia (I can relate). One is a song, meant to be sung to the tune of [I]Sixteen Tons[/I], a sample of which: [I]A registered letter, and what do you get - Another stavraton, and deeper in debt; St. Harlan, don't you call me, 'cause I can't buy - I owe my soul to the CNG store! [/I] One is a rather nice cartoon and letter from a Canadian: [ATTACH=full]1182465[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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