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<p>[QUOTE="Hrefn, post: 7444666, member: 115171"]Love these barbarian coins. Thanks to all for listing them. Here are two of mine. </p><p><br /></p><p>The first is a heavyweight 4.59 gram gold Solidus in high relief in the fashion of an aureus, modeled on a coin of Lugdunum. Cf. RIC 226 (Lyon). Purchased by private treaty from Freeman and Sear, at the NY Int’l Coin show.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse legend is VIRTUS EXERC CALI the last word meant to be GALL in praise of Julian’s army in Gaul. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ex: Dr. E. Poncet collection,(Bourgey, 15 March 1926, lot #71), then Triton III lot #1224 “unusual and extremely rare”; and Leu 72, 12 May 1998 lot#542. “One of only two specimens known” per Freeman and Sear, published in their mail bid list #9 on 7/16/2003. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>#82 Another high quality Germanic coin, this a tremisses of 1.45 grams. On the obverse, the N of Dominus Noster is retrograde. On the reverse, the entire legend is retrograde, Victory faces left versus right, and the wreath and cross are opposite to normal. </p><p><br /></p><p>Jon. Kern sold this coin to Glenn Woods in 1998, and it was subsequently featured as Glenn Woods’ Coin of the Month in December 1999. Initially he felt it was an official issue but came to believe it was Germanic. Later it came into the possession of Harlan Berk, from whom I purchased it in 2000.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is highly unlikely an imperial mint would have allowed the release of such an error-filled strike, and the style is charming but barbarous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hrefn, post: 7444666, member: 115171"]Love these barbarian coins. Thanks to all for listing them. Here are two of mine. The first is a heavyweight 4.59 gram gold Solidus in high relief in the fashion of an aureus, modeled on a coin of Lugdunum. Cf. RIC 226 (Lyon). Purchased by private treaty from Freeman and Sear, at the NY Int’l Coin show. Reverse legend is VIRTUS EXERC CALI the last word meant to be GALL in praise of Julian’s army in Gaul. Ex: Dr. E. Poncet collection,(Bourgey, 15 March 1926, lot #71), then Triton III lot #1224 “unusual and extremely rare”; and Leu 72, 12 May 1998 lot#542. “One of only two specimens known” per Freeman and Sear, published in their mail bid list #9 on 7/16/2003. #82 Another high quality Germanic coin, this a tremisses of 1.45 grams. On the obverse, the N of Dominus Noster is retrograde. On the reverse, the entire legend is retrograde, Victory faces left versus right, and the wreath and cross are opposite to normal. Jon. Kern sold this coin to Glenn Woods in 1998, and it was subsequently featured as Glenn Woods’ Coin of the Month in December 1999. Initially he felt it was an official issue but came to believe it was Germanic. Later it came into the possession of Harlan Berk, from whom I purchased it in 2000. It is highly unlikely an imperial mint would have allowed the release of such an error-filled strike, and the style is charming but barbarous.[/QUOTE]
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