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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2065426, member: 44210&quot;]I&#039;m bringing this thread from the dead because I recently bought another unid&#039;ed VRBS ROMA FELIX from him for cheap. Surprisingly it was already at a reasonable price for this scarce type ($10.50), but I still was able to successfully get $2 off it through making a Best Offer deal, which was readily accepted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its of Honorius, the mint is Rome from the fourth officina (Q):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/vrbsromafelix_zpsa823e5d8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I got his business card again. It says he&#039;s world-renowned. That&#039;s for sure, at least among collectors of ancients. Also calls himself an expert numismatist. That I have trouble believing (I guess its a good thing though that he mis-attributed these VRBS ROMA FELIX coins I&#039;ve bought off of him). Oh, and his photo still creeps me out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Made a thread on the history of the Visigothic Sack of Rome that I think ties neatly with this coin type:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rome-was-not-such-a-happy-city.236787/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rome-was-not-such-a-happy-city.236787/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rome-was-not-such-a-happy-city.236787/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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