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20 Nummi
| Issuer | Rome, City of |
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| Year | 493-553 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The she-wolf of Rome stands left in the field, suckling the infant twins Romulus and Remus below her body, a direct reference to the founding legend of Rome. Above the central type, an officina letter or staurogram denotes the workshop of issue, while the value mark XX appears in the lower field or exergue, indicating the denomination of 20 Nummi. The design is rendered in a simplified, flat relief consistent with the utilitarian character of late Roman and Ostrogothic-era civic bronze coinage. The composition underscores the ideological continuity with Roman tradition maintained by the city mint during this transitional period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The 20 nummi denomination places this piece within the Ostrogothic administration of Rome, struck in the city itself during a period when the Senate retained nominal minting authority under Gothic kingship. Theoderic and his successors permitted Roman civic coinage to continue as a deliberate gesture toward administrative continuity — bronze fractions circulated locally while the larger monetary system remained tied to Constantinople.
The date range spans from Theoderic's consolidation of Italy through Justinian's reconquest, which concluded with the Pragmatic Sanction of 554.