Watch List notes:

THE OSTROGOTHS
Baduila, 541-552

Pseudo-Imperial Coinage. In the name of Anastasius, 491-518. Tremissis, Ticinum 549/550-552, AV 1.45 g. DN ANAST – SIVS PF AVC (AV monogram) Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r.; in field above, star. Rev. VICTORIA AVCVSTORVM Victory floating above globus r. with three-quarters bust l., holding wreath in r. hand and globus cruciger in l.; in l. field, star, and in exergue CONOT. BMC Vandals 4. Kraus 9. MIB 35. MEC I, –. Metlich 40b.
About extremely fine


Ex Bourgey sale 27 October 1992, Kapamadji, 658.
To describe Baduila's coinage, it is useful to divide it into two series: the first were all the coins produced at Ticinum and the second those he coined also at the Rome mint, when it returned back into the Goths' hands after 549. During the first series (541-548), he used the usual types but during the successive phase, he introduced his facing bust on all bronze coins, but keeping the name of Anastasius, who was the last emperor to accept the Ostrogothic presence in Italy. By doing so, Baduila could legitimate his reign.