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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7809229, member: 84905&quot;]A nice 2 (2.5)-Nummi piece minted at Ticinium. These coins are typically very poorly executed, perhaps owing to the fact that Ticinium was a newly founded mint after Baduila had lost assess to both Rome and Ravenna.</p><p><br /></p><p>They all seem to date to the time after Baduila had ordered the removal of Justinian&#039;s name from the coins, i.e. after his second peace offer to Justinian. Hence, they were minted in the name of the long dead Anastasius (even if this name is seldom legible on the coins).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my example of the monogram-type. The monogram contains all letters of the name BADVELA and a cross above.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341338[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The monogram-type was succeeded by the with the legend</p><p>DN REX - B</p><p>B may stand for both Baduila and the value of 2.</p><p>Here is my example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341339[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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