2½ Nummi - Athalaric / In the name of Justinian I, 527-565 Rome
Features
| Issuer |
Ostrogothic Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Athalaric (526-534)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 527-534 |
| Value | 2½ Nummi = 1⁄1536 Tremissis |
| Currency | Tremissis (490-553) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 1.16 g |
| Diameter | 11 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 152311 |
| References | MEC I# 136 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. 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: IVSTI - NIANI
Translation: Justinian
Reverse
Monogram of Athalaric surrounded by wreath.
Script: Latin
Edge
Plain
Mint
Rome, Italy (476-date)Comments
Some sources list this as a 1 Nummus piece. Even so, the weight suggests it is a 2-1/2 Nummi. Some sources also say this coin was minted at Ravenna.
The exact lettering of the surrounding legend may vary.
No date:
1) IVST - INIANI(I?)
2) IVSTI - NIANI
The exact lettering of the surrounding legend may vary.
No date:
1) IVST - INIANI(I?)
2) IVSTI - NIANI
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (527-534) | |||||||||||||||
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