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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7656801, member: 84905&quot;]Your analysis is spot on. The coin was minted during the reign of Theoderic in Rome. It dates to the period after 497 and mostly likely after 507, so 507 to 518. The tell tale signs are clear and visible: 1. COMOB instead of CONOB (the latter was however used by Milan), 2. the legend with PF 3. the shape of the spear point and 4. the overall style of the bust and the letters are western. </p><p>It happens quite regularly that even expert auction houses like CNG accidentially attribute an Ostrogothic coin as East Roman. Many of my Ostrogothic gold coins started out as misattributed East Roman coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I bought this one as a regular Justin I solidus of Constantinople. Instead, the coin was issued in Rome under Theoderic or Athalaric. Note, the Emperor appears to have a moustache (which was, however, probably not intended)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316358[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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