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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1845892, member: 44210&quot;]Recently acquired this monogram coin that, as the title says, has me really scratching my head. It was listed as Justinian I with monogram 4 (scroll down to Justinian I: <a href="http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/monograms.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/monograms.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/monograms.htm</a>). But I haven&#039;t found a coin of him with that same monogram (so I don&#039;t know what size it is either). It greatly resembles the monogram of Matasuntha, wife of Ostrogothic king Witiges, but the only problem with this is that the AE coinage bearing this monogram struck in Justinian&#039;s name is half-follis sized (20-ish mm wide), while my coin is only 10-11 mm. Also, monogram 4 for Justinian in the Helvetica&#039;s Excel sheet for monograms is the Matasuntha monogram half-follis (Wildwinds also has the half-follis coin listed). If it weren&#039;t for the rather long obverse legend, I&#039;d consider Odoacer&#039;s monogram also, perhaps struck in the name of Zeno.</p><p>I am fairly certain though that it is from Ostrogothic or Byzantine Italy, judging from the bust style.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seller&#039;s scan (The coin does not look any better in hand unfortunately, but I have it soaking):</p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/2_zpseceb89cd.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>My edited version to bring out the details a bit more:</p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/3_zps9594bf9d.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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