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Theuderic of Metz (511 - 533) or Theudebert I (533-547)
Obv.: DAA IVSTI - NVS P P AVI
Rev.: VICTOAI - V V ACCC B / CONOB
Mint: Metz, Reims, Cologne or Bonn?
Date: 527 - 533
Weight: 4.46g
Diameter: 21mm
The observe bust is very similar to the bust on a solidus in the name of Theodebert I. The lance has a leaf-shaped blade suggesting that both coins were not copied from western issues of the Ostrogoths, but from East Roman solidi. The solidus in the name of Theodebert shows the letters B-O in the reverse field above the exergue. The present coin shows a B at the end of the legend.
The B-O on Theodebert's coins is usually resolved as Bononia, i.e. Bologna. However, Theodebert (and Theuderic) ruled in the eastern Francia near the Rhein. A possibility is that the coins were struck at Bonna, i.e. Bonn in Germany, which is close to Cologne and was likely an important center at the time.
Lanz Auktion 102, Lot 1125, 28.05.2001
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Collezione : Merovingians - Gold