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1 Semissis In the name of Anastasius I, Rome
| Issuer | Ostrogothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 493-526 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM VOTVMLX COMOB |
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Theoderic the Great struck gold in the name of the reigning Eastern emperor as a deliberate political gesture — maintaining the fiction that Ostrogothic Italy was a continuation of legitimate Roman administration rather than a conquest. Anastasius I, ruling from Constantinople from 491 to 518, never formally recognized Theoderic's royal title, yet tolerated this coinage arrangement as a practical accommodation. The semissis, worth half a solidus, circulated alongside fully Roman issues without friction.
The Rome mint had been effectively dormant for gold production in the chaotic decades before Theoderic stabilized Italy in 493.