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1 Solidus - Anonymous / In the name of Justinian I, 527-565 Star to the left

Features

Issuer Ostrogothic Kingdom
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 527-539
Value 1 Solidus = 3 Tremissis
Currency Tremissis (490-553)
Composition Złoto
Weight 4.42 g
Diameter 21 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
153131
References MEC I# 122
Philip Grierson, Mark Blackburn; 2007. Medieval European Coinage / Volume 1: The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries): With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
, MIB I# 28
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# 36
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.
, Demo# 196
Željko Demo, Barbara Smith-Demo; 1994. Ostrogothic Coinage from Collections in Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Narodni muzej Slovenije (National Museum of Slovenia), Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Obverse

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

Script: łaciński

Lettering: D N IVSTINI – ANVS PF AVC

Reverse

Uskrzydlone Zwycięstwo zwrócone w lewo, trzymające krzyż, z gwiazdą po lewej i otoczone legendą.Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
VICTORI - A AVCCC A
COMOB

Edge

ZwykłyAutomatically translated

Comments

(en) Depending on the sources, this coin is listed as being struck under Athalaric (526-534), Theodahad (534-536); Witigis (536-540), or a combination of any of them. Also depending on the source, this coin is listed as being struck at Ravenna or Rome.

Different letters appear at the end of the reverse letter. Those that show an I were struck under Witigis, and have a separate page.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (527-539) A (en) 1st officina
ND (527-539) P (en) Uncertain officina

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