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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 8378147, member: 10613"]I also have an example from Athalaric. Mine has an S-C on reverse showing that the Senate had permission to strike coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1486857[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Athalaric. A.D. 526- 534 Æ Decanummium (18mm 2.1gm) Rome mint. INVICTA ROMA, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Roma right. D N ATHALRICVS S-C, Athalaric in military attire, standing right and holding spear, X (mark of value) in field. COI 85; MIB 77; MEC 132.</p><p><br /></p><p>this coin sold in 1920 for $4.50.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, Ostrogothic coinage can be very expensive, mainly because they are not very common. Metlich (The Coinage of Ostrogothic Italy) estimates that the total value of copper coins known is less in value than three solidi (one solidus = 20 lbs of copper). The amount of copper coins struck from a pound of copper varied according to the unit and the ruler, but let's start with a 10 nummi at 1/100 of a pound, so one hundred coins were struck from one pound of bronze. This value varied though, according to the ruler- for instance Theodoric struck on 1/60 and 1/100 while Athalaric had some 1/70 and Theodahad had 1/80. So, accordingly, around 6,000 bronze coins (at 1/100 ratio, though many were struck at less, like the 40 nummi) of the Ostrogoths are in collections now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 8378147, member: 10613"]I also have an example from Athalaric. Mine has an S-C on reverse showing that the Senate had permission to strike coinage. [ATTACH=full]1486857[/ATTACH] Athalaric. A.D. 526- 534 Æ Decanummium (18mm 2.1gm) Rome mint. INVICTA ROMA, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Roma right. D N ATHALRICVS S-C, Athalaric in military attire, standing right and holding spear, X (mark of value) in field. COI 85; MIB 77; MEC 132. this coin sold in 1920 for $4.50. Yes, Ostrogothic coinage can be very expensive, mainly because they are not very common. Metlich (The Coinage of Ostrogothic Italy) estimates that the total value of copper coins known is less in value than three solidi (one solidus = 20 lbs of copper). The amount of copper coins struck from a pound of copper varied according to the unit and the ruler, but let's start with a 10 nummi at 1/100 of a pound, so one hundred coins were struck from one pound of bronze. This value varied though, according to the ruler- for instance Theodoric struck on 1/60 and 1/100 while Athalaric had some 1/70 and Theodahad had 1/80. So, accordingly, around 6,000 bronze coins (at 1/100 ratio, though many were struck at less, like the 40 nummi) of the Ostrogoths are in collections now.[/QUOTE]
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