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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 8378001, member: 10613"]Yes, the municipal coinage is chunky. Here is another example</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1486832[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Ostrogoths, Pseudo-Autonomous Æ Nummus (24mm 11.3g 12h). Struck during the reigns of Theodoric and Athalaric in Rome, circa AD 493-553. INVICTA ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma right / Eagle with raised wings standing left, head right; XL upwards to left; •Δ• in exergue. COI 76b; MEC 101; BMC Vandals 14; MIB I 74a; Demo 42.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>even the 20 nummi or half folles are large, just reduced weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1486834[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>OSTROGOTHS. A.D. 493- 553. 20 Nummi or Half Follis (23x24mm 6.5gm) Municipal issue. Rome mint. INVICTA ROMA, helmeted and draped bust of Roma right. REV: Palm tree; to left and right, eagle standing outward, heads facing inward; in ex. •XX•. COI 83 (Athalaric); MEC 110.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes it is very ironic. ROMA even wrote that in their description-- "with the ironic obverse inscription INVICTA ROMA"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 8378001, member: 10613"]Yes, the municipal coinage is chunky. Here is another example [ATTACH=full]1486832[/ATTACH] Ostrogoths, Pseudo-Autonomous Æ Nummus (24mm 11.3g 12h). Struck during the reigns of Theodoric and Athalaric in Rome, circa AD 493-553. INVICTA ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma right / Eagle with raised wings standing left, head right; XL upwards to left; •Δ• in exergue. COI 76b; MEC 101; BMC Vandals 14; MIB I 74a; Demo 42. even the 20 nummi or half folles are large, just reduced weight. [ATTACH=full]1486834[/ATTACH] OSTROGOTHS. A.D. 493- 553. 20 Nummi or Half Follis (23x24mm 6.5gm) Municipal issue. Rome mint. INVICTA ROMA, helmeted and draped bust of Roma right. REV: Palm tree; to left and right, eagle standing outward, heads facing inward; in ex. •XX•. COI 83 (Athalaric); MEC 110. Yes it is very ironic. ROMA even wrote that in their description-- "with the ironic obverse inscription INVICTA ROMA"[/QUOTE]
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