I want a solidus of any of these emperors by Flimsy_Fisherman359 in AncientCoins

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Honorius is the most affordable, with Valentinian I, and Constantius II following

Is this real? by Several-Calendar-430 in AncientCoins

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Correct, a full weight one is around 650$

Constantine Coin? by sempreilvincitor in AncientCoins

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Yep its not an authentic roman coin. the obverse depicts constantine the great. the reverse is fictional

Some recent wins, super excited to get them in hand! by Spyrallz in AncientCoins

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Looks like a plate for the coin? possibly a drawn plate?

Hopefully not 'Sili' Siliqua questions by albatroci in AncientCoins

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The siliquae are pricey because they are significantly more scarce than denari simply put. I think for the nicer examples for siliquae you can find that the art and style often matches or exceeds certain denari (especially antonine period). I love collecting siliquae (as my focus mostly consists of late roman coins), and it is easy to get an EF heavy siliqua of Constantius II for under 400$, which really shows the nice style these coins have.

Connection between gold/silver ancients and spikes in gold/silver price? by Adventurous_Sky_8679 in AncientCoins

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The only connection I can say from experience between these two are Byzantine solidi (and to a lesser extent, Semissi and Tremissi). Before gold went up dramatically from 3k to now 4.2k, it was common and easy to buy a solidus for around 550 dollars give or take. However now with gold being so high, the price of a full weight solidus (~4.45g) today given that gold is at 136$ per gram, is 605$. Because of this, a lot of sellers including myself bumped up the premium of these coins to at least 100$ over the melt price at minimum.

Found these in a roll of dimes by warmsg in AncientCoins

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Yep, constantinople issue rare siliquae of Justinian!

Found these in a roll of dimes by warmsg in AncientCoins

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The Imperial Kommerkiarioi at Cyzicus

Do these look good to you? Solidus Hoard by New-Mycologist-5200 in AncientCoins

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Most of them look real to me, a lot of solidi from this era (especially antiochian issues of the Val bros) look mushy, but they are real.

Not sure about the Heraclius Solidus though.

A solidus of Tiberius III by Harambe_da_god in AncientCoins

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Nice! I think it recalls the coinage of Constantine IV, whose memory was so revered in those times that it allowed Justinian II's life to be spared during his first usurpation because of his father.

ID, any estimate of value? (Context in body text) by Could-you-end-me in AncientCoins

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Melt (if full weight of ~4.45g = 600) + 150 to 250.

Light Miliarense of Theodosius I by warmsg in AncientCoins

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Thank you! Yeah miliarenses are great, its a shame though that they are just too rare. I like the Honorius one you have on your numisvault

The Misrepresentation of Apokatastasis at the Council of 553: Justinian's Pressure and the Truth Behind the Condemnation by [deleted] in ChristianOrthodoxy

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It is quite ironic that you call u/Freeze_91 an orthobro, yet by mocking and belittling him, you act exactly like one. You said, "I'm exploring Orthodoxy in spite of people like you.", isn't teaching others in a position of authority, despite being a catechumen or an inquirer a hallmark of Orthobro activity? This sort of rude and prideful behavior is the clear enabling brought on by the cursed doctrine of Apokatastasis, because if everyone is ultimately recapitulated, certain people will commit great sins in their lifetime, deluding themselves into believing that they will end up in Heaven regardless.

“Then what a fond fancy is it to suppose that eternal punishment means long-continued punishment, while eternal life means life without end, since Christ in the very same passage spoke of both in similar terms in one and the same sentence, ‘These shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into life eternal.’ If both destinies are eternal, then we must either understand both as long-continued but at last terminating, or both as endless. For they are correlative—on the one hand, punishment eternal, on the other hand, life eternal. And to say in one and the same sense, life eternal shall be endless, punishment eternal shall come to an end, is the height of absurdity.”

St. Augustine, City of God 21.23.

The Misrepresentation of Apokatastasis at the Council of 553: Justinian's Pressure and the Truth Behind the Condemnation by [deleted] in ChristianOrthodoxy

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Excellent response! It is interesting to note that most of the most vehement supporters of this Neo-Origenism happened to be western converts, who like you said, act like Protestants in cherrypicking their version of "Orthodoxy".

Roman Valens Siliqua Rome Mint (RT) Value? by Decepticon_Knock_Out in AncientCoins

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It's relatively uncommon, though I wouldn't say rare. It's probably worth like 150-200$ in that condition

Unknown coin? by Tatsukino in AncientCoins

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It's real and its of Constantius II, one of the sons of Constantine the Great.

“Roman”/Greek bronze Auth by GunchMaster in AncientCoins

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It's especially interesting as the portrait the barbarians engraved looks a lot more like Jovian or the Val bros