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1 Tremissis - Anonymous / In the name of Justin I, 518-527 Rome
| Issuer | Ostrogothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 518-527 |
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| Value | 1 Tremissis |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Ostrogoths never struck gold in their own name. Theoderic and his successors issued tremisses acknowledging the Eastern emperor's nominal supremacy — a deliberate political calculation that kept Constantinople from treating Ravenna as an outright usurper state. This piece, struck under Athalaric or possibly in the final years of Theoderic himself, uses Justin I's name precisely because the Amal dynasty needed that fiction of legitimacy to function.
Rome as a mint for Ostrogothic gold is notably uncommon. The bulk of production ran through Ravenna and Milan, making Roman-mint attribution on this series worth attention.