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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1878283, member: 44210&quot;]I can&#039;t help but notice my Justinian is wearing what looks to be a modified spangenhelm helmet, the headgear of choice for Germanic warriors of that time, and which were depicted being worn by kings on Ostrogothic coinage after Theodoric. It hardly looks like the helmet worn by Justinian on most other forward-facing bust coins of him. Perhaps a quick bit of die editing occurred right after the Byzantines retook the city, to make the portrait of Baduila/Totila into a more imperial-friendly Justinian? Or simply new ones were made, and the die engravers only had a vague idea what Justinian&#039;s usual coin portrait looked like, so elements of Ostrogothic regal dress made its way into the die engraving. I wouldn&#039;t be surprised either way. But I assume for this to be plausible, it&#039;d have to have been after the 550-552 AD striking of Baduila facing coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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