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1 Solidus - Witigis / In the name of Justinian I, 527-565 Star to the right
| Issuer | Ostrogothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 536-540 |
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| Diameter | 21 mm |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted, pearl-diademed, and cuirassed bust of the emperor facing three-quarters right, with a spear held over the right shoulder; the effigy is rendered in the late antique military style typical of Byzantine-influenced Ostrogothic coinage. The bust is enclosed within a beaded border and surrounded by a Latin legend distributed across the coin's field. The portrait faithfully imitates contemporary Justinianic Byzantine solidi, asserting legitimacy through imperial iconography. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N IVSTINIL - NV S PP AVC (Translation: Dominus Noster Justinian Perpetuus Augustus Our Lord, Justinian, perpetual August) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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