Ancient Coins: Gold Coins Ep. 2

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Title	:	Ancient Coins: Gold Coins Ep. 2
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A golden presentation! I have two small remarks: the solidus of Honorius was struck when his father Theodosius I was still alive and the 'senior' emperor in the Roman Empire Honorius and Arcadius had both been raised to co-emperorship with their father The reverse shows 'CONCORDIA AVGGG', with the three G's representing the three co-emperors Later solidii (after 395 AD) from Honorius and Arcadius show 'CONCORDIA AVGG', meaning only two emperors were ruling brThe other remark is that the tremissis of Justin I is actually a semissis, or half of a solidus The design of the tremissis remained unchanged for quite some time, always showing 'VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM' on the reverse Curiously, the reverse of this semissis (as discussed above) suggests that Justin I ruled with two co-emperors, but this is not the case He did share rule with his nephew Justinian the Great for the last months of his life, however
Comment from : Luuk S

I find the Islamic-looking gibberish on the Besant coin fascinating! I didn't know that was a thing they did! lol
Comment from : Colby Stearns

SuperbbrThank you for making these videosbrI'm just starting to understand these coins, this is so helpful
Comment from : cheesequake8

gold is so beautiful - you can clearly see why humans have always valued and desired it
Comment from : proper job

Volume is much better on part two thanks for the content !
Comment from : Ata Mujad

Beautiful and a really informative good work :-)
Comment from : FortunaMagica

Very Nice Sub again 🟠
Comment from : SEE THE WORLD

Regarding 1:26, the gold content in Electrum coins from ancient Lydia varied from 45 to 55 Eventually the Gold Parting Process was invented which could separate Gold & Silver from Electrum and enabled Silver coins and Gold coins to be minted separately The Electrum separation process is known as Salt Cementation where Electrum was combined with salt, urine and brick dust (or pulverized pottery shards), sealed in a crucible and heated Purified Gold would remain in the crucible along with Silver Chloride which would later be purified into Silver To convert Silver Chloride into pure Silver powder, a refiner would mix into the aqueous solution some Lye and some Sugar Thereafter melt the recovered pure Silver powder into bullion
Comment from : Jade Nephrite

sir, Is gold coin of the world a good book to learn about coins??
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These vids are fantastic!
Comment from : Mad Rush

the uneven denominations were for taxes
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Comment from : Mickey D

Cool
Comment from : Max Walker

Wow you have the Lydian stater that’s the oldest coin in the world
Comment from : Liam’s Random videos

Gold silver amalgam calledbrElektrum (sp?)
Comment from : BoomXmiliZ Expat Hacks

Is "trite" etymologically related to the modern use of "not important"?
Comment from : BoomXmiliZ Expat Hacks

Very beautiful coins
Comment from : Archanioł Metatron

Just want to say I really appreciate your videos As someone who got into numismatics within the last year, your videos have been a wealth of knowledge Thanks!
Comment from : James A

Whom ever disliked this video should be ejected from the internetbrYour videos are so very awesome!brThank you
Comment from : The Dork Lord Sauronnie

Would troops receive back pay in gold, or would they be given the silver equivalent?
Comment from : John Woods

The dislikes in this video are from people who cant appreciate good coins
Comment from : Isabel

Only good coins on your channel, congrats
Comment from : THE OLD COIN CHANNEL

Fantastic video
Comment from : officeguy3

Excellent video as always! Just one small point brbrThe Eastern Roman Empire wasn’t actually a separate state from the Western Roman Empire The names “Eastern/Western Roman Empire” are modern historiographical names, which wouldn’t have been used at the time Arcadius and Honorius would have regarded themselves as jointly ruling one indivisible Roman state - which the Romans called Romania (land of the Romans) They simply administered two halves of it brbrThroughout much of the fourth century the Roman world had been governed collectively by multiple emperors/Augusti and Augustus and Mark Antony had similarly governed different parts of the Empire There was no formal division of the Empire into two separate states in 395AD brbrLikewise, the name “Byzantine Empire/Byzantium” is similarly a modern misnomer, which post-dates the state it describes To its inhabitants it was simply a continuation of the surviving eastern section of the Roman Empire/Romania This is why Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire for example continues until the fall of Constantinople in 1453
Comment from : Olie T

lovely aa always
Comment from : Ash Gamble

great video
Comment from : Conway

What happened to all the silver that wasn't used in coins after Constantine ? How does a ruling elite that cannot (will not?) issue a silver currency utilise valuable silver profitably or usefully ? brbrWas it used for bullion donatives to the troops ? Church plate ? Medallions ? Earrings ? - it doesn't make sense to mebrThere is a larger picture to the late Roman Empire economic failure that is hard to grasp brbrWhat caused Charlemagne or Offa or whoever started issuing a good silver coinage in the dark ages to do so ? Why did those reasons not apply to Honorius or Arcadius ? What am I missing here ?
Comment from : Kay Harker

Gold gold I tell yah!!! - Stinky Pete
Comment from : Angelo of Palermo

Excellent presentation! I didn't know these coins were from Savoca's Silver auction they really have a lot of very interesting gold Islamic coins
Comment from : Numischannel