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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Late Empire| > |Constantine III| > SH04578
Constantine III, 407 - 411 A.D.
|Constantine| |III|, |Constantine| |III,| |407| |-| |411| |A.D.|, "'Siliqua' (pl: siliquae), the smallest Roman unit of weight measurement (equal to 1/144 of a Roman ounce - 1/1728 of a pound) was applied about 323 to the silver coins (93-97% fine) which Constantine I struck. By 324 the solidus was the Roman gold unit (struck at 1/72 of a pound) and was tariffed at 24 silver coins. Thus 'siliqua' was applied to the silver, since it was equal to 1/24 of 1/72 of a pound of gold, or 1/1728 of a pound of gold. Originally struck at 3.15 gms and 18-20 mms, between 355 and 360 they were reduced by Constantius II to about 2.0 gms and remained at that weight into Byzantine times." - Moneta Historical Research by Thomas Schroer
SH04578. Silver siliqua, RIC X 1526, aEF, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, weight 1.99g, maximum diameter 16.7mm, die axis 0o, 407 - 408 A.D.; obverse D N CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, pear-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse VICTORIA AAAVGGGG (victory of the three emperors), Roma seated left, Victory in right, spear in left, LD[ ] in exergue; ex John Aiello Collection; extremely rare (R4); SOLD










REFERENCES

Bastien, P., J-B. Giard, et al. Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon. (Wetteren, 1972 - 2003).
Compas, D., N. Parisot, M. Prieur & L Schmitt. Lyon Monnaies Romaines Collection Daniel Compas. cgb.fr. (2006).

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