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Solidus - Justinian I VICTORIA AVGGG, Rome
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 547-549 |
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| Reference(s) | BCV#291, MIB I#34, Sommer Byz#4.149, DOC I#320 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (547-549) COMOK-Δ - DOC 1 320c.2 - ND (547-549) CONOB-A - DOC 1 320a - ND (547-549) CONOB-B - DOC 1 320b - ND (547-549) CONOB-I - DOC 1 320f - ND (547-549) CONOB-Z - DOC 1 320d - ND (547-549) CONOI-Δ - DOC 1 320c.1 - ND (547-549) CONOK-H - DOC 1 320e - |
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These years bracket one of the most disruptive episodes in Justinian's reconquest of Italy — the Gothic War had ground into a brutal stalemate, with the Ostrogothic king Totila recapturing Rome itself in 546, briefly depopulating the city before imperial forces under Belisarius retook it in 547. A solidus struck in Rome during this window was produced in a mint that had changed hands within living memory and would do so again before the campaign concluded.
The Rome mint's output under Justinian remained modest compared to Constantinople, and dies from this period show workshop idiosyncrasies distinct from eastern production.