2½ Nummi - Baduila / In the name of Anastasius I, 491-518 Ticinum
Features
| Issuer |
Ostrogothic Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Baduila (541-552)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 541-552 |
| Value | 2½ Nummi = 1⁄1536 Tremissis |
| Currency | Tremissis (490-553) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 0.75 g |
| Diameter | 9 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 152012 |
| References | MEC I# 164 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. 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. 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.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# 71 Andreas Kraus; 1992. Grundzüge der Geschichte Bayerns (2nd Edition). Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. |
Obverse
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed facing right and surrounded by legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ANASTA - PF AVC
Translation:
Anastasius Perpetuus Augustus
Anastasius, perpetual August
Reverse
Legend with line above and surrounded by wreath.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
D N REX
B
Translation:
Dominus Noster Rex Baduila
Our Lord and King, Baduila
Edge
Plain
Mint
Ticinum, modern-day Pavia, ItalyComments
Two varieties of this coin exist: one with a star above the reverse legend, and one without a star above the reverse legend.
Some sources say these may actually be 2 Nummi pieces.
Some sources say these may actually be 2 Nummi pieces.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (541-552) | With star | ||||||||||||||
| ND (541-552) | Without star | ||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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