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Message:: [QUOTE="Tejas, post: 8246176, member: 84905"]I voted for coincidence. The exact same thing happened to me last year with a rare Ostrogothic coin. Theoderic the Great died on 30.08.526 without an obvious male heir. His daughter Amalasuntha assumed the role of effective ruler, but the Gothic elites insisted on a male successor. As an initial compromise her young son Athalaric was named successor, but without the title of king (REX). Hence, the first coins minted after Theoderic's death show the reverse legend DN ATHALARICVS (without REX/RIX). This issue was extremely small and until earlier last year I had never seen a coin for sale. So I was happy when a piece came up, albeit in ugly condition: [ATTACH=full]1452161[/ATTACH] To my amazement a second piece came up for sale a few months later, which I also bought: [ATTACH=full]1452162[/ATTACH] And to my even greater amazement a third piece was offered in excellent condition, which I also bought: [ATTACH=full]1452163[/ATTACH] The stupid thing was that the condition was getting better and better, so I ended up with three coins. Had the last coin come up first, I could have let the other two go. The reverse type was an innovation at the time. It replaced the well known Theoderic monogram. According to Metlich, the omission of the royal title was just a mistake, which was soon corrected. This interpretation is not implausible. After all, the title REX had also not been part of the Theoderic monogram.[/QUOTE]