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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1795865, member: 44210&quot;]...well, until it gets delivered that is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I managed to score this imo very nice Ostrogothic half-follis (20 nummi) coin. This is a lot better than most that I&#039;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).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For those that don&#039;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).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Curiously, like some other Ostrogothic coins with this obverse legend, INVICTA is misspelled as IMVICTA.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Under <u><b>Theodoric or Athalaric</b></u>, Ostrogothic Kingdom</p><p>AE Half-follis</p><p>Obv: IMVIC-TA ROMA, Roma helmeted, facing right</p><p>Rev: She-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars above, XX (for 20 [nummi]) below</p><p>Rome mint, struck 493-534 AD</p><p>Ref: BMC 30</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/OstroHalfFollis_zps2c7e6c1e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(seller&#039;s photos)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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