The Visigoths continued to mint coins in Gaul until 507, when the Merovingian Franks forced them out of Gaul. The following year the emperor’s name disappeared from the coins; henceforth Visigothic coins would name and portray only the king. As with the coins of the Visigoths, the royal coins of Odovakar are among the relatively few Medieval coins that have been extensively forged. Collecting the Coins of the Conquerors of RomeThese coins are generally crude in appearance, particularly when compared to the Roman coins they often imitated, but their very crudeness is part of their charm. Wroth, W. Western and Provincial Byzantine Coins: Vandals, Ostrogoths, Lombards and the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 15, 2020 21:22 UTC