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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hrefn, post: 7551821, member: 115171&quot;]Coins of this era are illustrated in the catalogs of Italo Vecchi in the auction of the ancient coins of the William Subjack collection.&nbsp;&nbsp; This occurred in the late 1990’s in London, over several auctions.&nbsp; Anyone interested in the period would enjoy perusing these. And the number and variety of specimens!&nbsp; I feel fortunate today to see an auction with a dozen Migration era coins today.&nbsp; </p><p>The catalogs are available on the second hand book market, such as Abebooks.&nbsp; And Vcoins dealers have them sometimes.&nbsp; The Thrymsas are in #11 and the Merovingian coins are in #13, and other portions of the collection are in the adjacent catalogs.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1302818[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1302819[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin is a Gaulic Visigothic Solidus modeled on one of Valentinian III 439-455 AD, of the Ravenna mint.&nbsp; The Visigothic solidi characteristically have a tiny wreath over the emperor’s head on the obverse.&nbsp; Also, the “C’s” at the end of the reverse inscription are distinctive, as is the overall style.&nbsp; MEC 170.&nbsp; This coin is from the sale of the William Subjack collection, Coins of the German Migrations, sold by Italo Vecchi in Nummorum Auctiones 14, lot#8, on 5 February 1999.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second is a Merovingian Solidus modeled on Anastasius (491-518AD.). His reign approximated that of Clovis.&nbsp; Very similar to MEC I 344, noted by Grierson to be more likely Merovingian than Burgundian. Note the spelling VICTOBI and the backward N in CONOB.&nbsp;&nbsp; This coin is also ex: Subjack collection but I bought it from Gordon Andreas Singer on 11/6/1999 when I recognized it from one of the Subjack sales catalogs, Nummorum Auctiones 14 lot#22.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last is a solidus of Phocas which is IMO barbaric although an argument for it being a really inept Constantinople mint product has been advanced.&nbsp; Previously posted, and not from the Subjack collection, it was in NFA Auction XVIII part II lot #739,&nbsp; associated with the Guy Lacam collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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