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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 8104946, member: 84905&quot;]Below is another solidus from my collection. This coin belongs to a different group of Merovingian solidi. Lets call it the northern group in contrast to the solidi that we discussed before and which probably originate from the Provence.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the leaf-shaped spear and the frontal angel, which was never used on Ostrogothic coins. The model for this coin was not an Ostrogothic coin from Italy, but a Byzantine coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>With these characteristics and the overall style of the bust and face of the Emperor it relates directly to the solidi, which King Theodebert minted in his own name, probably at Metz, Reims or Bonn. I think this coin just predates the named series, which started around AD 533 after Theodebert claimed imperial status after hat defeated the Thuringian Kingdom and killed King Hermenefrid.</p><p><br /></p><p>King Theodebert of Metz</p><p>Obv.: DAA IVSTI - NVS P P AVI</p><p>Rev.: VICTOAI - V V ACCC B / CONOB</p><p>Mint: Metz?</p><p>Date: 527 - 533</p><p>Weight: 4.46g</p><p>Diameter: 21mm</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought the coin some 20 years ago for a price that seemed high at the time (some 2000 eur). However, I think the coin would fetch two or three times that amount in an auction today.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1409732[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, here is a soldius in the name of Theodebert (Not my coin - unfortunately)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=567094" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=567094" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=567094</a></p><p>For those who have not subscribed to acsearch, the coin sold for USD 50&#039;000 in 2009.</p><p><br /></p><p>The monogram on the reverse suggest that the coin was made in Reims</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1409733[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>These coins were minted at different mints and I have seen suggestions for Reims, Metz and Bonn. More examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>The BO on the reverse could point to Bonn in Germany as the location of the mint</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1409737[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps an example from Metz</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1409738[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>These coins were made over a longer period with varying legends and the bust was later adjusted to later coins of Justinian.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two coins from the Berlin Münzkabinett:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1409740[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one was minted at Cologne:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1409748[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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