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.
Lightweight. Classified as municipal coinage of Rome from the period of Odoacer (474-491) in the MEC, this bronze is attributed by others to Theodoric or Athalaric (c. 522-534). The XL mark determines the value of this coin of forty nummi