Baduila/Totila, Copper, Decanummium, Rome, 541-552
Obverse
Frontal bust of Baduila in hemispherical crown and royal pearled cloak.
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Reverse
Standing figure of Baduila in armor facing front and looking left. Lance in right hand, left hands rests on an oval shield. X in right field. Pearl border.
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Accession number | BZC.1948.17.3845 |
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Ruler | Baduila/Totila |
Metal | Copper |
Denomination | Decanummium |
Mint | Rome |
Date | 541 – 552 |
Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Weight | 6.88 g |
Relation of Dies | 1:00 |
Shape | Flat |
Acquisition History
Acquired from estate of Hayford Peirce, 1948
Commentary
A decanummium of type AE 17 (see Arslan, “La monetazione dei Goti”) issued in Rome.
E. Arslan, “La monetazione dei Goti,” 41, 69, plate 3, type AE 17 (Rome).
Corpus nummorum Italicorum: Primo tentativo di un catalago generale delle monete medievali e moderne coniate in Italia o da italiani in altri paesi, 15.1:21, nos. 3ff (Rome).
G. Sambon, Repertorio generale delle monete coniate in Italia e da Italiani all’estero dal secolo vo al xxo, no. 88.
W. W. Wroth, Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards: And of the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum, 94, no. 47 (Rome).