Theodoric, Copper, Half Follis, Rome, 493-circa 526
Obverse
Bust of Roma facing right, draped and wearing helmet.
IMVICT - ROMA
Reverse
Capitoline wolf with twins with Christogram () flanked by stars above.
Exergue
XX
Obverse
Bust of Roma facing right, draped and wearing helmet.
IMVICT - ROMA
Reverse
Capitoline wolf with twins with Christogram () flanked by stars above.
Exergue
XX
| Accession number | BZC.1948.17.3850 |
|---|---|
| Ruler | Theodoric |
| Metal | Copper |
| Denomination | Half Follis |
| Mint | Rome |
| Date | 493 – circa 526 |
| Diameter | 19.0 mm |
| Weight | 5.09 g |
| Relation of Dies | 5:00 |
| Shape | Flat |
Acquisition History
Acquired from estate of Hayford Peirce, 1948
Commentary
A follis of type AE 4 (see Arslan, “La monetazione dei Goti) issued by Theodoric.
MIB 1:89, 131, no. 71c.
MIB 2:31 (Rome, 512–522).
E. Arslan, “La monetazione dei Goti,” 35, 69, plate 3, type AE 4.
E. Arslan, Le monete di Ostrogoti longobardi e vandali: Catalogo delle civiche raccolte numismatiche di Milano, 39, nos. 51–55.
Corpus nummorum Italicorum: Primo tentativo di un catalago generale delle monete medievali e moderne coniate in Italia o da italiani in altri paesi, 15.1:7, no. 32 (Rome).
P. Grierson and M. Blackburn, Medieval European Coinage, 1: no. 99 (heavy series, Rome).
F. F. Kraus, Die Münzen Odovacars und des Ostgotenreiches in Italien, 221, no. 30 (Rome).
S. Suchodolksi, “Remarques sur les monnaies des Ostrogoths,” 158 (type following that with an eagle from 512).
W. W. Wroth, Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards: And of the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum, 105, nos. 32–33 (Rome).