2 1/2 Nummi - Baduila Rome

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Descrizione del rovescio	A lion passant right, depicted in a schematic and abbreviated style typical of Ostrogothic bronze fractions of this period. The animal is set within a dotted or beaded wreath border that frames the entire reverse field. The execution is rough, consistent with the small module and low denomination of this hammered issue.
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Informazioni aggiuntive	Baduila — more commonly encountered in sources as Totila — seized the Ostrogothic throne in 541 after the catastrophic losses inflicted by Justinian's generals Belisarius and Narses. His decision to continue striking coinage in Rome, a city he captured in 546 and again in 549, carried explicit political weight: these small bronzes asserted Gothic legitimacy over the imperial heartland even as Byzantine forces closed in. He died at the Battle of Busta Gallorum in 552, and Gothic coinage effectively died with him.