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Object Type
Museum number: 1863,0711.14
Denomination: tremissis
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Zeno, right. (obverse); Cross within wreath. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Odovacar's Kingdom of Italy (?) Europe: Odovacar's Kingdom of Italy; Associated with: Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy (?) Europe: Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy
Authority: Ruler: Odovacar, King of Italy (?); Ruler: Theodoric I, King of the Ostrogoths (?)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 474-491
Production place: Minted in: Ravenna (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 15 millimetres; Weight: 1.460 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Reverse legend blundered.; In this type the legend on the obverse should end only in AV instead of AVC, but in this case some evidence of a possible final C is perhaps detectable. On the reverse, the lowe part of the wreath is tied bye a rope that shows a central boss or globe.
Bibliographic references: BZ3 / Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum (7, p.44); RIC10 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 10: The divided empire and the fall of the western parts, AD 395-491. (3641); Baldi 2014 / Ostrogothic Coins in the British Museum (32.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; cross; symbol
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1863
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1863,0711.14
C&M catalogue number: BZ3 (Vandals) (44) (7)

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