I am looking into the coins found at the Sutton Hoo burial and found this peculiar one. It is a Merovingian copy of a coin with a byzantine (or visigoth?) monogram, but I have no clue what Emperor it is trying to imitate. Any suggestions would be most welcome. Many thanks!! (Sutton Hoo coin, image belongs to the British Museum) p.s. I know this doesn't technically come under 'ancient coins' but byzantine is still technically roman right??
Looks Visigothic to me. (Though I am not knowledgeable in the area). Also, it is fine to post Byzantine coins in the Ancients forum.
To me, the most useful parts of the monogram in identifying it are the cross above and the B below the slanted line. I checked this page - http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=monogram - but didn't see anything with these features. As you said, it's a copy, so it's possible that the monogram is just a fantasy.
Perhaps you're right there. I had entertained this thought, but my logic was that dark-age copies have an original coin they copied from.
