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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7942685, member: 84905&quot;]Here is an interesting Solidus of Theodosius II.</p><p><br /></p><p>Theodosius II, 402-450.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: D N THEODOZ(inverted) VS P F AVG</p><p>Rev.: IMP XXXXII COS – XVII P P --- CONOB in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Solidi from the exact same dies have come repeatedly in auction. They are sometimes regarded as official issues from Constantinople. Sometimes, the erroneous legend and the strange (but fine) style has led catalogers to attribute this coin to barbarians, usually Goths (cf. link below).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=499408" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=499408" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=499408</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The special thing about my coin is that I know the find spot. It was found in western Ukraine, i.e. hundreds of kilometers beyond the Roman border. We may never know, but the find spot could indicate the activity of an unofficial mint in the Barbaricum.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1375085[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an official piece (also from my collection):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1375087[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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