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5 Nummi - Theoderic Ravenna
| Issuer | Ostrogothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 493 |
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| Value | 5 Nummi = 1⁄768 Tremissis |
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| Reverse description | Winged Victory standing, holding a wreath, with the mint mark letters R and V flanking the figure on left and right respectively. The figure is rendered in a schematic late antique style, with stylized wings and drapery typical of Ostrogothic bronze coinage struck at Ravenna. The design derives from earlier Roman imperial Victory types adapted for the Ostrogothic civic coinage series. The flan is small and irregular, consistent with the low-denomination hammered bronze issues of the period. |
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| Mint | R-V Ravenna, Italy |
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Theoderic entered Ravenna in 493 after a siege that ended when he personally killed Odoacer at a banquet — an act that resolved a three-year standoff and established Ostrogothic rule over Italy. These small bronzes were struck under the nominal authority of the Eastern emperor, a legal fiction Theoderic maintained carefully throughout his reign to preserve administrative continuity with Rome. The Ravenna mint had been Odoacer's before it was his.