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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 2305216, member: 44140&quot;][ATTACH=full]463638[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is my humble collection of coins of the Ostrogoths. For the most part I have been content with the free online resources for most coins. I found the BMC Collection of coins available by .pdf, but I really wanted the old fashion book. Amazon had for just south of $30 a paperback 2002 reprint of the 1911 book,&nbsp; </p><p><i>&quot;Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum Paperback – May 22, 2002&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>While doing my routine search of usual places for coins, I found something quite unusual and quite unexpected. A coin type quite high on the list. A coin that I have wanted since seeing in the collection of a fellow member. The coin is pretty darn rare and when I went to compare this specimen against the example of one of our Cointalk members, I realized that the coin was indeed the very same coin. I don&#039;t think I could have clicked &quot; add to cart&quot; fast enough. The price was right, the condition is more than what I wanted and the provenance is to die for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Italy, Rome</p><p>Kingdom of the Ostrogoths</p><p>Anonymous temp. Theodoric</p><p>AE Follis (40 Nummis) </p><p>22 mm x 9.73 Grams</p><p>Obverse: Helmeted and Cuirassed bust of Roma right. Latin Legend - INVICTA ROMA</p><p>Reverse: Eagle standing left. [X over retrograde L] left field. </p><p>Ref: COI 76b, MEC 1, 106, Wroth pl. XIII, no.3</p><p>Note: Rare.</p><p>Prov. ex. HHC, ex. Valiantknight collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]463644[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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