Athalaric, Copper, Follis, Rome, circa 526-534
Obverse
Bust of Roma, facing right, draped and wearing helmet.
IMVICT - AROMA
Reverse
Eagle with open wings and head turned right. XL in left field.
Exergue
Obverse
Bust of Roma, facing right, draped and wearing helmet.
IMVICT - AROMA
Reverse
Eagle with open wings and head turned right. XL in left field.
Exergue
| Accession number | BZC.1956.23.2554 |
|---|---|
| Ruler | Athalaric |
| Metal | Copper |
| Denomination | Follis |
| Mint | Rome |
| Date | circa 526 – 534 |
| Diameter | 24.0 mm |
| Weight | 9.53 g |
| Relation of Dies | 12:00 |
| Shape | Flat |
Acquisition History
Purchased from Tommaso Bertelè, 1956
Commentary
A follis of type AE 7 (see Arslan, “La monetazione dei Goti”).
MIB 1:89, 131, no. 74a.
E. Arslan, “La monetazione dei Goti,” 35–36, 70, plate 3, type AE 7.
E. Arslan, Le monete di Ostrogoti longobardi e vandali: Catalogo delle civiche raccolte numismatiche di Milano, 41, nos. 85–94.
Corpus nummorum Italicorum: Primo tentativo di un catalago generale delle monete medievali e moderne coniate in Italia o da italiani in altri paesi, 15.1:4, nos 3ff (Rome).
F. F. Kraus, Die Münzen Odovacars und des Ostgotenreiches in Italien, 218, no. 13 (Rome).
P. Grierson and M. Blackburn, Medieval European Coinage, 1: nos. 101–9 (light series, Rome).
I. Mirnik and A. Šemrov, “Byzantine Coins in the Zagreb Archaeological Museum Numismatic Collection: Anastasius I (A.D. 497–518)-Anastasius II (A.D. 713–715),” esp. 203 (Rome, 491–518).
G. Sambon, Repertorio generale delle monete coniate in Italia e da Italiani all’estero dal secolo vo al xxo, no. 19.
S. Suchodolksi, “Remarques sur les monnaies des Ostrogoths,” 158 (precedes the type with the wolf, first half of the reign of Theodoric, before 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, 103, no. 14 (Rome).