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Message:: [QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7676506, member: 84905"]There is a sizable group of unofficial imitations, which are often attributed to "unidentified Germanic tribes" or "unknown barbarians" and so on. These are typically coins that show crude styles and incorrect lettering. Often the attributions remain a mystery. However, for the following Solidus, which was sold as "imitation of Germanic tribes" I think an attribution to the Burgundian King Sigismund is well plausible. DN ANASTASIVS PP AVC // VICTORI – AAVCCC E   --- CONOB Note the unbarred As, which point to a western mint.The coin does not copy an Ostrogothic coin, but is modelled after an East Roman coin, which is typical for the coins of Burgundian King Sigismund (PP instead of PF, CONOB instead of COMOB).Note the very unusual first S in Anastasius. In the coin below (also from my collection) the final S is interpreted as reference to King Sigismund. The same may have been intended with the unusual S in the first coin.The reverse style is similar to that of the coins of Sigismund.Overall, I think this Solidus was minted under King Sigismund in the years 516 to 518, i.e. before the accession of Justin I, which let to the creation of the solidus type below. If this attribution is correct, the coin would fill a gap between the Solidi in the name of Anastasius and with monogram of Gundobad, and the Solidi in the name of Justin with the final S for Sigismund (below). [ATTACH=full]1318581[/ATTACH] DN IVSTI NVS PP AVC  //  VICTOR I AAVCCC I S  --- CONOB [ATTACH=full]1318582[/ATTACH] I would like to see other unknown imitations, and hear your theories regarding the attribution. BestDirk[/QUOTE]

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