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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 3598785, member: 82549&quot;]This coin has been bedeviling me for quite a while now:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]962762[/ATTACH] </p><p>Size is 10.3 mm, weight is 1.3 g. I can&#039;t make out any letters in on the obverse, but they appear pretty large relative to the bust, so I assume that it would be a short inscription, consistent with Leo or an abbreviated Valentinian III.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last letter of the reverse inscription is clearly a G. I can&#039;t tell whether the preceding letter is a G or a V. The mint mark looks like D N, but R N is also possible. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been going with the assumption that the reverse is Victory, but perhaps it&#039;s just an emperor standing, facing left?</p><p><br /></p><p>Normally I would give up on attributing this coin and call it a Vandalic-era imitation, but it seems like the epsilon in the left field should help narrow it down. It hasn&#039;t. I can&#039;t find anything with like it in RIC IX or X, nor in Wroth, Vandals. Anyone have any thoughts about this? Are there any good references for coins of this type?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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