Artemide Aste s.r.l.
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Ostrogothic Italy. Baduila (541-552). AV Tremissis, in the name of Anastasius I (491-518). Ticinum mint, 549-552 AD. D/ DN ANΛST-SIVS P F AVC (AV monogram). Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R/ VICTORIΛ AVGVSTORVM. Victory floating above globus right, with three-quarters bust left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; in right field, star; in exergue, CONOT (sic). BMC Vandals 4. Kraus 9. MIB 35. Metlich 40b3. AV. g. 1.42 mm. 16.00 RRR. Very rare and in excellent condition for issue. About EF.
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. (NAC 93, 1211 note).
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. (NAC 93, 1211 note).