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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 8387314, member: 10613"]I just got another Ostrogothic wolf and twins</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1488349[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>OSTROGOTHS. Athalaric. Municipal Coinage. 526-534. Æ 20 Nummi – Half Follis (21mm, 4.31 g). Rome mint. [Helmeted and draped bust of Roma right] / She-wolf standing left, head right, suckling twins; above, Christogram between two stars; · X · X · in exergue. COI 84b; MIB 71c; MEC 1, 99.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse has been filed down, but it would have been the same as the first one I posted-- helmeted bust of Roma with INVICTA ROMA legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>I collect modified coins and have another Ostrogothic coin that was also filed down </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1488350[/ATTACH] </p><p>Theoderic. Æ Decanummium Converted to Weight (17mm 2.9 gm). Municipal issue. Ravenna mint. Struck A.D. 493-518. FELIX RAVENNA; Draped bust of Ravenna right, wearing mural crown / [Ravenna monogram in wreath; X (mark of value) at point of wreath ties]. COI 78a; MEC 145-9. </p><p><br /></p><p>converted to a two tremissis weight with the reverse removed and blank surface inscribed IS (16) in series of points to denote weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect that the wolf and twins was used as a solidus weight. These usually weigh around 4.4- 4.5g. The filed down wolf and twins coin comes in at 4.3g, probably the lowest weight that a solidus would have been accepted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 8387314, member: 10613"]I just got another Ostrogothic wolf and twins [ATTACH=full]1488349[/ATTACH] OSTROGOTHS. Athalaric. Municipal Coinage. 526-534. Æ 20 Nummi – Half Follis (21mm, 4.31 g). Rome mint. [Helmeted and draped bust of Roma right] / She-wolf standing left, head right, suckling twins; above, Christogram between two stars; · X · X · in exergue. COI 84b; MIB 71c; MEC 1, 99. The obverse has been filed down, but it would have been the same as the first one I posted-- helmeted bust of Roma with INVICTA ROMA legend. I collect modified coins and have another Ostrogothic coin that was also filed down [ATTACH=full]1488350[/ATTACH] Theoderic. Æ Decanummium Converted to Weight (17mm 2.9 gm). Municipal issue. Ravenna mint. Struck A.D. 493-518. FELIX RAVENNA; Draped bust of Ravenna right, wearing mural crown / [Ravenna monogram in wreath; X (mark of value) at point of wreath ties]. COI 78a; MEC 145-9. converted to a two tremissis weight with the reverse removed and blank surface inscribed IS (16) in series of points to denote weight. I suspect that the wolf and twins was used as a solidus weight. These usually weigh around 4.4- 4.5g. The filed down wolf and twins coin comes in at 4.3g, probably the lowest weight that a solidus would have been accepted.[/QUOTE]
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