Theodoric - GOLD tremissis very rare (D2464)

OSTROGOTHS. Theodoric.492-518 AD. In the name of Justinian I. AV Tremissis (14 mm, 1.45 g). Rome mint. DN LEO PF AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, holding wreath and globus cruciger; six-point star in right field, CONOB. MIB I 29a; MEC 1, 123. VF

Even as Rome slipped under control of the Ostrogothic King Theodoric, its mint continued to strike gold coins in the name of the East Roman emperors, preserving the fiction that the Amali monarch ruled as viceroy of a united Empire.