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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 8103785, member: 84905&quot;]Your &quot;Victobi-&quot; Solidus is fantastic. I don&#039;t think that these coins were minted at Reims, though. Instead, I think they were produced by a southern mint, somewhere towards the border to Spain.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have the coin below, which shares similarities with your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Note the bust with the the barbed lance. Both coins were copied from Ostrogothic examples (some Merovingian solidi from Reims were copied from Byzantine examples).</p><p>2. Note the rim of the helmet, which looks like spiky hair on both coins.</p><p>3. The legends have the same un-barred As</p><p><br /></p><p>My coin was reportedly found in southern France. It shows a letter A in the reverse field and at the end of the reverse legend. This may be a mint mark, perhaps for Avignon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: CNANASTA SIVS PCAC</p><p>Rec.: VICTORIA&nbsp; AAVCCCA</p><p>Exergue: BONC (reversed)</p><p><br /></p><p>Weigth: 4.37g (22X21mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the coin was minted during the reign of Cholodowech (Clovis)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1409417[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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