Any Ideas About This Late Copper Roman Coin?

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Archeo1982 Pillar of the Community Netherlands 521 Posts	Posted 10/13/2017 8:33 pm Material: copper Diameter(mm): 14 Mass (gr): 1,01 Obv: Emperor facing right/ Legend: *H+VNODOVAC? Rev: Wreath with legend "VOT MVLT"? Any ideas? Report this Post to the Staff

Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 10/13/2017 8:42 pm Looks like barbarian gibberish to me. Goths et al made a lot of crude imitative coins in the 400s AD. Terrific shape though - these are usually worth several times as much as the "real" deal. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/13/2017 9:20 pm I agree, what ever it is it's well struck. I bet VK would know. I'll see if I can contact him. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 10/13/2017 10:36 pm Imitative by the style for sure. Anytime from late 4th-mid-5th century from my recollection of when the little VOT types were struck. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5174 Posts	Posted 10/13/2017 11:46 pm Had this coin been known a century ago, someone surely would have read the ODOVAC and attributed it to Odoacer. (If I'm reading VK's attribution correctly, this coin is a few decades too early for Odoacer, and it's perfectly possible that the legend was never actually meant to spell anything. It is certainly an exceptionally nice example - by 5th century standards, anyway - of whatever it is, however.) Report this Post to the Staff
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