1 Tremissis - Anonymous / In the name of Justinian I, 527-565
Features
| Issuer |
Ostrogothic Kingdom
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 530-539 |
| Value | 1 Tremissis |
| Currency | Tremissis (490-553) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 1.41 g |
| Diameter | 15 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 153632 |
| References | MEC I# 123 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# 10 Andreas Kraus; 1992. Grundzüge der Geschichte Bayerns (2nd Edition). Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. |
Obverse
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust facing right and surrounded by legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering: D N IVSTINI - ANVS PF AVC
Translation:
Dominus Noster Justinian Perpetuus Augustus
Our Lord, Justinian, perpetual August
Reverse
Winged Victory facing left with star to the right and holding ribbon, all surrounded by legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VICTORIA AVCVSTORVN
CONOB
Translation:
Victoria Augustus / Constantinople
Victory of the August / Constantinople
Edge
Plain
Comments
Depending on the source, this coin is listed as being struck under Athalaric (526-534), Theodahad (534-536), Witigis (536-540), or any combination of those rulers. Also depending on the source, this coin is listed as being struck at Ravenna or Rome.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (530-539) | |||||||||||||||
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