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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2567091, member: 44210&quot;]Cool one MM. Concerning the Senate in Rome, I find it very ironic that it was a barbarian that gave back to the Senate much of its old powers that it had lost over the centuries.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Theodoric</u>, Ostrogothic Kingdom</b></p><p>AR Quarter-Siliqua</p><p><b>Obv</b>: DN ANASTASI[VS PP] AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right</p><p><b>Rev</b>: INVICTA-A RO[MA], monogram of Theodoric surrounded by legend, legend separated by cross above, O below</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Rome (struck 491-518 AD)</p><p><b>Ref</b>: BMC 74 ff</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttp%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fi1197.photobucket.com%2525252Falbums%2525252Faa429%2525252FLurkingNinja%2525252Fgepidsiliqua_zpszlzlqrlq.jpg%252526hash%25253Df50ccd2c1cb44d56e502d82160fc7b39%2526hash%253D69c9546b86b329e3e7e62cad8d1a161c%26hash%3D79a5d48ffa5559e2ee1b228932664f61&amp;hash=61192a62109e16226af6e5a99fbfd7c5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The renewed importance of the Senate in the Ostrogothic era was shown on coins, with the reintroduction of the S-C acronym:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Athalaric</u></b>, <b>Ostrogothic Kingdom</b></p><p>AE decanummium</p><p><b>Obv</b>: INVICT-A ROMA, Roma helmeted, facing right</p><p><b>Rev</b>: D N ATHAL-ARICVS, Athalaric, in military outfit, standing, holding spear and shield, S-C across fields, X in left field</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Rome (struck 526-534 AD)</p><p><b>Ref</b>: BMC 69, COI 85b</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fi1197.photobucket.com%25252Falbums%25252Faa429%25252FLurkingNinja%25252FAthalaricvs_zps99826087.jpg%2526hash%253D60f782eaa67f46c60f7cf242fe8c0c4a%26hash%3Da6e6d21f68f01a13cf2592261a9c1e2e&amp;hash=931d9e97ff61699ba7a30800bc11352c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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