The first observations of the complete manifold of spinning sidebands (ssbs) including both thecentral and satellite transitions in 51V MAS NMR spectra of surface vanadia nanoparticles on titania inDeNOx catalysts are presented. 51V quadrupole coupling and chemical shift anisotropy parameters for thedominating vanadia structure are determined from 51V MAS NMR spectra recorded at 9.4 and 14.1 T.Based on correlations previously established between 51V NMR parameters and crystal structure data forinorganic vanadates, the NMR data are consistent with vanadium in a distorted octahedral oxygencoordination environment for the so-called strongly bonded vanadia species on the surface. The investigationincludes two vanadia-titania model catalysts and six industrial-type DeNOx catalysts.