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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 3360349, member: 82549&quot;]I&#039;ve shown this coin before. I know of no official coin with this reverse type. The jury is still out--I have heard a couple of intriguing alternate explanations--but the general consensus is that this coin is barbarous.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]890602[/ATTACH]</p><p>Unfortunately, I cannot make out the obverse inscription, but VRBS ROMA, with the helmeted bust of Roma facing right, would be a reasonable guess. The reverse is PIETA-S REIP - Pietas, standing, head facing right, holding infant to breast. Size and weight are 11mm and 0.8g--about the same size of a late 4th/early 5th century votive. What I find so interesting about this coin is that whoever made it probably spoke and wrote Latin and knew enough about official Roman coins to duplicate a common motif, yet did not copy an official coin but came up with an original design instead.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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