Anastasius I tremissis - Gothic imitative or modern forgery?

[MCarvalho]

Hi,


I open this post here because the type basis of this coins is byzantine (well, sort of a transitional coin...)

The coin (as the pics) isn't mine, and I didn't have the chance yet to personaly examine it and photograph it. It seems to have around 16 mm and <2 g (that's the only rough information I could collect right now).

My question is simple: is it a modern forgery, or could be some sort of barbaric imitation (Vandalic ou French Aquitania Visigothic - I exclude iberic imitation, but...)?

Thanks in advance and regards

ADMIN: I UPLOADED THE NEW LARGER PHOTOS TO THIS POST.

[Hydatius]

The pictures aren't good enough to tell if it's a forgery or not (unless it's a well known type), but it certainly looks like a lot of barbarian imitation tremisses I have seen, though it's just a bit later than my period. You'd need a reply from someone who really knows the period and the types.

Richard

[MCarvalho]

Thank you, Hydatius,  


I have new pics, and after that, I changed my opinion. I think it is a Justinian tremissis imitative, made by the Visigoths in Spain (in fact, it makes sense, as far as I know, the coin was found in Portugal.

It's a pre-national coinage, from the 6th century, a little before the Visigoths start mintend coins with their monarchs names.