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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4518351, member: 19463&quot;]Is it just me or does anyone find it odd how many of these listings are without the name of an issuing authority?&nbsp; Were the quoted sales under a header that was not repeated for each coin? </p><p>Mine is quite like a Berk listing on that page that says the coin is African copying Honorius but many listings lack that much.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119386[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is recorded that Theodosius II paid a huge tribute to the Huns in gold.&nbsp; The most common solidus of the period dates to the time of that payment but I have never heard if the payment was in the form of coined money or bars.&nbsp; It would be cool to have a coin that once belonged to Attila but I have no idea how much of the total gold minted that year would be required to add up to that payment.&nbsp; Another thing is that I see more gold coins of the late period that have been removed from use in jewelry (ancient or modern).&nbsp; I suspect many of those coins were spared melting because they were mounted.&nbsp; How long has it been since the coin market would pay only melt for solidi of no particular merit?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Theodosius II solidus 443 AD, 4.2g (about $215 melt today?) ex. jewelry</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119391[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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