Ancient Coins: The Antoninianus
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The Antoninianus, or double-denarius, was intriduced in third-century Rome as a tool for emperors to squeeze more money with less silver. This coin marked the inflationary period that nearly led to the collapse of the Empire. It was struck in the many millions, and is one of the most popular roman coins collected today due to its diversity and affordability.
Today, lets explore this coin, from its very earliest pieces in 215AD all the way to the last Antoninianus struck in 295AD.
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Very nice presentation and beautiful coin examples! I have one small remark: the antoninianus was actually a temporary coin. The coin was stopped being minted in the year 220 under Elagabalus, with only denarii being minted after. Also under Severus Alexander and Maximinus Thrax only denarii were minted. However, by 238 AD (the infamous year of the six emperors), the coin was revived under the co-emperors Balbinus and Pupienus, probably to solve the monetary issues of that rough year. I'm still looking for one those, but they are really hard to come by :-). My favorite antoninianus in my collection is a rare antoninianus of emperor Macrinus, who ruled for about 1 year between Caracalla and Elagabalus. His denarii are more common, but still quite scarce.
I had been looking forward to a video on antoniniani. It’s quite amazing to me that the Roman mint managed to depletion silver a coin with only around 20%AG (Valerian). You have some very nice examples of coins that would be usually hard to get in good condition because they were minted terribly in the first place. Great video!
So far I just have one antoninianus, but it's one of my favorite coins that I have in my collection. It has the emperor Aurelian on the obverse and one of the coolest coin reverses I've ever seen with Sol Invictus standing triumphantly over prisoners of war while holding an orb (I think this was minted in celebration of the defeat of Zenobia and the Palmyrene Empire). I usually focus more on the obverses of coins (and it's a solid portrait) but the reverse of this coin really spoke to me. Part of the reason for that is how remarkably well preserved and extensive the silvering on my coin is, especially on the reverse, even after the silver supply was sent into a tailspin during that era and more than 1750 years. If only I could post pictures since it's a wonderful piece of history.
They are very fun to collect indeed
Your videos and history stories are amazing! Thank you!
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The Double Antoninianus is very nice! Never have seen. Thanks for showing!
Kind Regards from Berlin/Germany.
This is my first ancient Roman coin ,a Gordian III 😀😁😅
Lots of collectors start with Gordian :)
My favorite antoninianus in my collection is tricky to choose. I have an oxblood patina coin from Probus, a fully silvered Gallienus, and a few nice Aurelianus pieces.
very cool video, I'm currently studying history and I love seeing the fact that I now know more and that I still learn new things!
marvelous video!
Great video - well researched and professionally presented!
Your videos are very enjoyable. 👍
I very much enjoy your videos on Roman coins👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.
Awesome informative video 😊
I have one with the spiked crown but the only reverse that looks similar is the one with Hercules
great video
Quite fascinating as always :) I might just be farting this thought, but this difference between radiate crown vs laurel wreath, i.e. the radiate indicating the double value of laurel is also visible as distinction between the Asses and Dupondii, where a Dupondius was worth 2 Asses and the Emperor on the obverse also had a radiate crown, while "only" a laurel wreath on the As. Might be stating the obvious here, but I thought it interesting to poke at :D
I wish it was always that simple! There are quite a few dupondii that just have a regular laurel wreath instead. You typically also need to check the metal. If its brass, its a dupondius, if its copper, its an As.
But, that being said, the majority of dupondii do indeed have the radiate crown, so for most cases your assumption is right :)
Nice coins to see. I don't have a real favorite among the antonianus. I like the animal series of Gallienus due to their unique reverses, the pieces of Probus and Aurelianus as you can get some very high grade ancient coins for relatively little money or the antoniniani of Florianus, Quinitillius, Numerianus or Carinis as they are relatively low prices coins from emperors who ruled for a very short time. Historically interesting is also the antoninan from Valbalathus showing him on the revers with Aurelian at the anvers. The lowes point of the antoniniani according to my oppinion however is not found in the "real" roman empire but in the Gaelic-roman part under Tetricus where many hardly identificable coins were struck due to the lack of knowledge of the coinmakers who seemingly did not even know reading. Also flans and material had very much deteriorated there.
I have been building a Gallienus zoo series, I'll make sure sure to feature it in a future video, its such a fun little set
Excellent information. Thank you.
nice
Great show - except for some reason when you were talking about Caracalla I kept thinking about Hunter Biden - not sure why.
LOL!
@@ClassicalNumismatics Fascinating explanations - keep 'em coming !
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