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1 Solidus In the name of Theodosius II
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 425-500 |
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| Weight | 4.61 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | SALVS REI - PVBLICAE CONOB (Translation: Salus Reipublicae Health of the state) |
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Germanic rulers across the fifth century routinely struck gold in the name of reigning or recently deceased Roman emperors rather than their own — a deliberate political signal that they governed within, or at least adjacent to, Roman legitimacy rather than against it. Theodosius II, who reigned until 450, remained a convenient fiction long after his death. The attribution to "uncertain Germanic tribes" reflects a genuine scholarly impasse: Visigoths, Burgundians, and others all produced imitative solidi of this type, and without secure findspot data, precise assignment is rarely possible.
The RIC X cross-reference to type 233 places this within a documented imitative tradition rather than an official mint issue.