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Solidus - Theudebert I Bonn mint

Issuer Frankish Kingdom
Year 540-548
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Currency Tremissis (476-670)
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Obverse description Facing bust of Theudebert I, helmeted and cuirassed in late Roman imperial style, with large frontal eyes characteristic of Merovingian die-cutting. The king wears a crested helmet adorned with a beaded diadem and is depicted with a paludamentum fastened at the shoulder. A shield is visible to the left and a spear or sceptre to the right of the bust. The surrounding field is bounded by a beaded border, with the Latin legend running continuously around the effigy.
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Obverse lettering D N THEODEBERTVS VICTOR
(Translation: Our Lord Theudebert, victorious.)
Reverse description Standing figure of Victory facing, rendered in the Byzantine imperial tradition, with large spread wings, wearing a long draped robe. The figure holds a long staff or cross-tipped sceptre in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. In the exergue, the mint mark CONOB (Constantinople standard gold) appears, with the letter B denoting the Bonn mint above. A star is visible to the right of the figure in the field. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border.
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