Ancient Coins: Gold Coins Ep. 2

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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[skuul]

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.

[brainkill]

“If you like gold, I’ll bring you more gold”

Love the videos, but still waiting for you to bring me some gold 😂

Keep up the excellent work!

[properjob]

gold is so beautiful - you can clearly see why humans have always valued and desired it

[Numischannel]

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

[jamesa]

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!

[colbystearns]

I find the Arabic-looking gibberish on the Besant coin fascinating! I didn't know that was a thing they did! lol

[MaryWilliams-qibx]

They're some beautiful coins I have some. ❤

[cheesequake]

Superb.
Thank you for making these videos.
I'm just starting to understand these coins, this is so helpful.

[atamujad]

Volume is much better on part two thanks for the content !

[thedorklordsauronnie]

Whom ever disliked this video should be ejected from the internet..
Your videos are so very awesome!
Thank you.

[Fortuna_Magica]

Beautiful and a really informative good work :-)

[jl]

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.

[mickeyd]

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[isabelcrb]

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

[Juanito_Peligroso]

Would troops receive back pay in gold, or would they be given the silver equivalent?

[jadenephrite]

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.

[boomxmilizexpathacks]

Gold silver amalgam called
Elektrum (sp?)

[boomxmilizexpathacks]

Is "trite" etymologically related to the modern use of "not important"?

[regimentskommandantoberstc]

sir, Is gold coin of the world a good book to learn about coins??

[HANSCOINCOLLECTION]

Only good coins on your channel, congrats