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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1945490, member: 44210&quot;]Ugly but very rare and historically interesting, just how I like em:</p><p><br /></p><p>(broken but the best part -aside from it being Dark Ages-, it only cost me $20, much much less than unbroken examples go for. And it still looks pretty decent IMO)</p><p><br /></p><p>5.) Charles the Bald, Frankish (Carolingian) Empire</p><p>AR Obol</p><p>Obv: Monogram of Charles</p><p>Rev: [+ M]ETVLLO around cross in circle</p><p>Mint: Metallum, struck 840-877 AD</p><p>Ref: MG 1060</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/charlesobol_zpse622a4e6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(a rare type and mint for Justinian)</p><p><br /></p><p>4.) Justinian I, Byzantine Empire</p><p>AE Decanummium</p><p>Obv: DN IVSTINIANVS P AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe in left hand and shield in right hand</p><p>Rev: Large I, star in left and right fields, all within wreath</p><p>Mint: Rome (struck 547-549 AD)</p><p>Ref: SB 308, MIB 228</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/JustinianRome_zps50f17cce.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>3.) Baduila, Ostrogothic Kingdom</p><p>AE Decanummium</p><p>Obv: DN BADV-ILA REX, crowned, draped, bust facing</p><p>Rev: DN B/ADV/ELA/REX in four lines within wreath</p><p>Mint: Rome, struck 550-552 AD</p><p>Ref: MIB 89a</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/Baduila_zps812bb61c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(I hope I&#039;m allowed to bend the rules a bit with this coin: I bought it in mid-late December but received it in January)</p><p><br /></p><p>2.) Louis the Pious, Frankish (Carolingian) Empire</p><p>AR Denier</p><p>Obv: + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, legend around cross in circle</p><p>Rev: + XPISTIANA RELIGIO, legend around temple, cross in temple</p><p>Mint: Unknown, struck 822-840 AD</p><p>Ref: MEC 794</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/LDenier_zps662f82e7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(one of the emperors I sought the most for my collection)</p><p>1.) Majorian, Western Roman Empire</p><p>AE Nummus</p><p>Obv: DN IVL MAIORIANVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right</p><p>Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG, Victory advancing right, holding palm branch and trophy</p><p>Mint: Milan (MD in ex), struck 457-461 AD</p><p>Ref: RIC X 2642</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/Majoriancoin_zps175275c5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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