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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I managed to score this imo very nice Ostrogothic half-follis (20 nummi) coin. This is a lot better than most that I've seen and am just downright impatient for it to arrive, since Ostrogoth coins are one of my favorite series to collect (Ostrogothic coinage is all very scarce/rare). For those that don't know, the Ostrogoths were a Germanic tribe that took post-Roman Italy in 493 AD by the urging of the Eastern Roman emperor Zeno and turned it into their kingdom with the capital at Ravenna. It was one of the kingdoms set up on the former Western Roman Empire (which fell in 476 AD; the end of classical Rome and the beginning of the Middle Ages in Europe). Curiously, like some other Ostrogothic coins with this obverse legend, INVICTA is misspelled as IMVICTA. Under Theodoric or Athalaric, Ostrogothic Kingdom AE Half-follis Obv: IMVIC-TA ROMA, Roma helmeted, facing right Rev: She-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars above, XX (for 20 [nummi]) below Rome mint, struck 493-534 AD Ref: BMC 30  (seller's photos) |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Thats a nice one - Romulus and Remus and very clear. Where do you find these?
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Pillar of the Community
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From several different sources  I am always on the lookout for them. |
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Very nice coin. Between you and Anoob you two find the most interesting coins.
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United Kingdom
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This is a nice type I've been keeping an eye out for but I suspect the price tag would be prohibitive in this condition! Maybe one will slip by on ebay - one of those IIII coins slipped by during the summer for about £15. |
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Quote:This is a nice type I've been keeping an eye out for but I suspect the price tag would be prohibitive in this condition! Maybe one will slip by on ebay - one of those IIII coins slipped by during the summer for about £15. While still a bit pricey, I got it for lower than I've usually seen these go for (especially in the same shape or worse), from looking at prices of completed auctions. So I think I did ok  Quote:Maybe one will slip by on ebay - one of those IIII coins slipped by during the summer for about £15. Are you refering to the Vandal 4 nummi, with bust left holding palm branch? Just wondering. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks echizento! Glad to see people interested in my new coin!
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Prepare the defenses! This barbarian has arrived!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Defenses ? They were the defenses !
Very nice coin. Some day I will get one ....... When the money flows like wine that is.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 coins in the mail box! can I get a woot woot! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Man your finding some of the best Goth stuff. What's next? A Hun?  |
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Cool stuff! I don't know much about them but I do know they are hard to find. |
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I have been trying to track down a nice example of Ostrogothic coinage for some years. Not successful in my quest so far.
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Posted 10/03/2013 4:43 pm
