42 Nummi Countermark, As of Galba, 68-69, eagle

The Ostrogoths struck no large bronze of their own for much of their Italian administration, instead countermarking existing Roman imperial bronzes still circulating in the peninsula. This piece — a first-century As pressed back into official use some four to five centuries after its original minting — reflects the pragmatic monetary policy of Theoderic and his successors, who were careful to maintain the fiction of continuity with Rome rather than displace it.

The eagle countermark authenticating 42 nummi value appears on a fairly narrow range of host coins, and finding it applied to a Galba As is unusual given the relative scarcity of Galban bronzes to begin with.