Live auction - bmv_497561 - OSTROGOTHIC KINGDOM - ODOVACER Follis

OSTROGOTHIC KINGDOM - ODOVACER Follis VF

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	150 €
Maximum bid :	155 €
End of the sale :	31 July 2018 15:50:20
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Follis

Date: 474-491

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 23 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 9,13 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier et épais à l’usure très importante lisible et identifiable. Décentré au revers. Patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

Metlich.76 pl. IX - MEC.1/107

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMVI(CT)-A ROMA.

Obverse description : Buste casqué et cuirassé à droite .

Reverse

Reverse legend : .XL. DEVANT L’AIGLE, ET UNE LETTRE (?) À L’EXERGUE.

Reverse description : Aigle posé à gauche, la tête retournée, les ailes déployées.

Commentary

Poids léger. Classé en monnayage municipale de Rome de la période d’Odoacre (474-491) dans le MEC, ce bronze est attribué par d'autres à Théodoric ou à Athalaric (c. 522-534).
La marque XL détermine la valeur de cette monnaie de quarante nummi.

Historical background

OSTROGOTHIC KINGDOM - ODOVACER

(08/23/476-03/15/493)

Coinage in the name of Zeno

Odoacer, leader of the Heruli, overthrew the last Western emperor, Romulus Augustulus. He sent the imperial vestments back to Constantinople and, in exchange, received the regalia of patrician. After Zeno's death in 491, Odoacer came into conflict with Anastasius and was eventually overthrown and eliminated by Theodoric, another Ostrogoth.