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1 Solidus In the name of Anastasius I; Reverse legend ending with monogram

Features

Issuer Ostrogothic Kingdom
Król Theoderic the Great (490-526)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 491-518
Value 1 Solidus = 3 Tremissis
Currency Tremissis (490-553)
Composition Złoto
Weight 4.37 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
152861
References BMC Vandal# cf. 4
Warwick William Wroth; 1911. Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
, MIB I# 131
Wolfgang Reinhard Otto Hahn; 1973. Moneta Imperii byzantini / Band 1. Von Anastasius I. bis Justinianus I (491-565) : einschliesslich der ostgotischen und vandalischen Prägungen: Rekonstruktion des Prägeaufbaues auf synoptisch-tabellarischer Grundlage. Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Austria.
, Metlich# 15
Michael Andreas Metlich, Ermanno Alessio Arslan; 2004. The Ostrogothic Coinage in Italy from AD 476: A Die Study of Theodahad Folles. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, Kraus# cf. 4
Andreas Kraus; 1992. Grundzüge der Geschichte Bayerns (2nd Edition). Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.
, Ulrich-Ban# 195
Oscar Ulrich-Bansa; 1949. Moneta Mediolanensis (352-498). Ferrari, Venice, Italy.

Obverse

Popiersie z perłowym diademem, hełmem i herbem, trzymające włócznię na ramieniu, otoczone legendą.Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering: D N ANASTA - SIVS PF AVG

Reverse

(en) Winged Victory facing left while holding cross, all with star to the right and surrounded by legend that ends in a monogram.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
VICTORI - A AVCCC
RM
CONOB

Edge

ZwykłyAutomatically translated

Comments

(en) The letters (or lack of letters) that appear to the left of the winged Victory indicate the mint.

The coin with the MD mark has Theoderic's monogram slightly lower than those with other marks, and only three examples are known. Out of those three, only one is in private hands.

The MD coin in private hands:


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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (491-518)  (en) Struck in Ravenna
ND (491-518) MD (en) Struck in Mediolanum/Milan
ND (491-518) RM (en) Struck in Rome
ND (491-518) RV (en) Struck in Ravenna

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