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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 6567497, member: 84905&quot;]Here is a truly ugly, but interesting coin, I just bought. The coin is a quarter-siliqua of the Gothic kingdom. The coin was minted shortly after the death of Theoderic the Great on 30.08.526. Theoderic had appointed his grandson Athalaric as his successor. Athalaric was only 10 years old at the time. For the Gothic nobles a king had to be battle proven and could thus not be a child. Hence, the very first issue of coins for Athalaric were minted without the title REX (or more commonly RIX) for king. So while Gothic coins are generally quite scarce, this one is particularly rare, but unfortunately very ugly.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1263582[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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