Ostrogoth King Totila/Baduila 2.5 Nummia

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Spence Moderator United States 34418 Posts	Posted 12/30/2017 8:48 pm After doing a little searching on CCF, I can find only one other coin of the Ostrogoth, King Baduila (AKA Totila) that has been posted previously: http://goccf.com/t/259328 @Visigoth King did post his coin in a couple other threads, but unfortunately all of his pics were swallowed up by the implosion of photobucket. However, this does give me a chance to post my own 2.5 Nummia from Baduila for your viewing pleasure. I won't cover too much of the history/backstory for Baduila as it was already covered in some detail by @VK. However, the story behind this king's dichotomous appellation probably is worth telling here. According to my copy of Grierson and Blackburn: Quote: Baduila-Totila is a special case. He is invariably Totila in the literary sources, Baduela on the coins, and the Gothic historian Joranes vouches for their identity: Baduila qui etiam Totila dicebatur. Baduila--the spellings Baduila and Baduela are interchangeable--was evidently his official name and Totila a familiar one used by the Goths in ordinary speech, so that it was the form that would be heard by Procopius and other imperial writers of the day. Intertestingly, this coin didn't make it into Grierson and Blackburn's book, although I believe that I did find a match for attribution in my Demo (#242). This 2.5 Nummia was minted in Ticinum between 542 and 545 AD. Despite Baduila ruling between 541 and 552 AD, Demo notes that the fact that Anastasius is mentioned on the obv lets us further narrow down that date. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff

silverado Valued Member United States 187 Posts	Posted 12/30/2017 9:25 pm Interesting piece! My first time seeing Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 12/30/2017 11:45 pm Always a treat to see a post highlighting a coin from down one of those less traveled ancient roads. Interesting type. Thanks for sharing, Dave. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 12/31/2017 12:50 am Nice one! I can't say I have seen many definitively post-Roman coins from any of the German kingdoms for sale. I wonder how the 2.5 denomination was figured? By weight? Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/31/2017 01:26 am Interesting coin Dave, thanks for posting it. Do you have the series of Grierson's books? I see some for sale on Amazon but it appears that most are out of print? Report this Post to the Staff
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