Watch List notes:

THE OSTROGOTHS
Baduila, 541-552

Pseudo-Imperial Coinage. In the name of Anastasius, 491-518. Decanummium, Ticinum 541-552, Æ 2.76 g. FELIX TI – CINVS Turreted and draped bust of Ticinum r. Rev. DN / BADV / ILA / REX, all within wreath. BMC Vandals 37. Kraus 48. MIB 86 (this coin). MEC I, –. Metlich 93 (this coin).
Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, possibly
the finest specimen known. Dark tone and extremely fine


Ex Schulman 19 January 1931, 839; Leu-NFA 16-18 October 1984, Garrett collection, 518 and Peus 338, 1994, 793 sales.
Baduila decided to use a new type for his decanummi: the personification of Ticinum. The city was his capital and he therefore introduced the bust with a turreted crown and a new legend, Felix Ticinus, on the obverse. This is the first coin with the name Ticinum.