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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 3933067, member: 84905"]The mint marks <b>COMOB</b> (or rarely CONOR) are not distinctions of "barbarian" mints. These are the official mint marks of Rome. Hence, a solidus minted in Rome for a regular Roman Emperor like Marcian or Valentinian III, naturally has the mintmark <b>COMOB</b>. Under the Goths these mint marks were simply continued. It has nothing to do with them being barbarians, it is just the normal imperial practice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the Emperor in Constantinople kept control over the appearance of gold coins minted in Italy even after the arrival of the Goths. Hence, until AD 497 Theoderic had Solidi made with his own monogram. In the agreement of AD 497, Anastasius ordered him to stop this practice and to observe the Emperor's exclusive right to have his name on gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a recent acquisition of mine. It is a solidus minted in Rome for Anastasius, but with the Latin monogram of Theoderic instead of an officin number plus a monogram for Rome. These coins are extremely rare, because they were withdrawn and melted down after AD 497.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036555[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 3933067, member: 84905"]The mint marks [B]COMOB[/B] (or rarely CONOR) are not distinctions of "barbarian" mints. These are the official mint marks of Rome. Hence, a solidus minted in Rome for a regular Roman Emperor like Marcian or Valentinian III, naturally has the mintmark [B]COMOB[/B]. Under the Goths these mint marks were simply continued. It has nothing to do with them being barbarians, it is just the normal imperial practice. Also, the Emperor in Constantinople kept control over the appearance of gold coins minted in Italy even after the arrival of the Goths. Hence, until AD 497 Theoderic had Solidi made with his own monogram. In the agreement of AD 497, Anastasius ordered him to stop this practice and to observe the Emperor's exclusive right to have his name on gold coins. Here is a recent acquisition of mine. It is a solidus minted in Rome for Anastasius, but with the Latin monogram of Theoderic instead of an officin number plus a monogram for Rome. These coins are extremely rare, because they were withdrawn and melted down after AD 497. [ATTACH=full]1036555[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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