Byzantine Imitations

I did, it confirms what I wrote earlier. COMOB is the official Roman mint mark and not a distinction for barbarian coins.

 

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I once published an article on the so called Taman-imitations (3rd to 4th century imitations of Roman denari from southern Russia). Major auction houses regularly attribute them to the Goths and cite my article as literature. Yet, in my article I explain at some length why an attribution to the Goths is historically impossible. A well, I guess this is why I'm a bit sensitive when it comes to commercial mis-attributions.

 

Thanks for the observations, Al.

Unless I'm reading Wildwinds (and elsewhere) wrong, the three crosses on No. 3 in my post should correspond with SB 159. Here is Labrum:

http://labarum.info/lbr/show.php?coin=1590



Justinian I Æ Follis
(c. 527-538 A.D.)
Constantinople Mint
IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large M, crosses left, right, and above, Officina Є below, CON in exergue.
SB 159; DOC 29.
(15.27 grams / 28 mm)