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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 6424100, member: 84905&quot;]All the Germanic kings needed legitimacy to rule over parts of the former Roan empire. They derived this legitimacy directly or indirectly from the official emperor in Constantinople. </p><p><br /></p><p>In turn, the emperor in Constantinople was keen to uphold the emperor&#039;s prerogative to mint gold coins in his name, to nominally maintain their claims to former Roman territory.</p><p><br /></p><p>When Odovacer send the last western Roman emperor in retirement, he ruled Italy on behalf of Zeno. After that, Theoderic ruled nominally on behalf of Zeno and then Anastastius. Theoderic encroached on the emperor&#039;s prerogative to strike gold in his name, by putting his monogram on solidi before AD 500. After he received imperial recognition, he agreed to remove his monogram from gold coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Vandals never minted gold coins, but only silver coins with the name of the Vandalic king from about AD 480. </p><p><br /></p><p>The first Germanic king to break the imperial prerogative to strike gold in their own name was the Frankish king Theodebert. After conquering the kingdoms of the Burgundians and Thurinigians, he regarded himself as equal to the Roman emperor and told him so in a letter. To emphasise his status he struck both solidi and tremisses in his own name.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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