Ancient Coins: Gold Coins Ep. 2
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- And we are back with another episode of Gold Coins! Once again, lets go on a time travel from the very early coins to the middle of the time of the Crusades, exploring some gorgeous gold coins from all sorts of different peoples and places.
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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.
The 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.
Thanks Luuk, very good eye on your part! I'll pin this comment so people can see this information. :)
gold is so beautiful - you can clearly see why humans have always valued and desired it
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!
Thanks! Im glad to be making a positive impact in the numismatic community
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
They're some beautiful coins I have some. ❤
Fantastic video.
I find the Arabic-looking gibberish on the Besant coin fascinating! I didn't know that was a thing they did! lol
Very beautiful coins
great video
Superb.
Thank you for making these videos.
I'm just starting to understand these coins, this is so helpful.
lovely aa always
Volume is much better on part two thanks for the content !
Thanks for sharing
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Whom ever disliked this video should be ejected from the internet..
Your videos are so very awesome!
Thank you.
Some people have poor taste :P
Gold gold I tell yah!!! - Stinky Pete
These vids are fantastic!
Beautiful and a really informative good work :-)
The dislikes in this video are from people who cant appreciate good coins
Great channel! You provide excellent content for all collectors of ancient coins. Out of curiosity, where are you from and do you currently live in the USA? Just wondering.
Im originally from Brazil, no I dont live in the US :)
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Would troops receive back pay in gold, or would they be given the silver equivalent?
It depended a lot based on the time period.
Roman legionaries were mostly paid in silver, 3 times per year, probably for the sake of practicality as smaller change, but situations like donatives from the emperor or certain rewards could very well be paid in gold.
A recruit would receive 3 Aureii as a help to buy his equipment once he enlisted, so thats an instance where they would receive gold.
Other time period such as the later Byzantine empire, given the prevalence of gold, would mean that troops would probably be paid in gold. It really depends a lot on the context as you can see.
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.
Cool
Gold silver amalgam called
Elektrum (sp?)
Precisely!
Anything around 60% or below is generally called electrum. As long as it has that pale yellow appearance
Is "trite" etymologically related to the modern use of "not important"?
Curious point you make there! It is unlikely, however, since a trite used numismatically just related to a third of something. There are some expressions related to unimportant coins that still remain to this day, like "no tengo ni blanca", but these have their origins in medieval coins.
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The evolution of words in living languages is inevitable. I just heard the town of Mayfield, Kentucky, USA
(Flattened by tornado yesterday)
described as "decimated"
(On national news)
which literally means reduced by one tenth.
This and other words like literally 🤓the word "literally" which can now mean "virtually," "precisely," etc. become redefined.
I have an Etymology expert friend who can trace "trite" to Indo European roots.
He will like this project!
Also, the word Plata is used for dinero en general 😎
sir, Is gold coin of the world a good book to learn about coins??
I have a series of recommended books in my video description, you might like these, they are good guides for ancient coins.
Only good coins on your channel, congrats
l think gold stater or gold
thanks
the uneven denominations were for taxes