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1 Tremissis Anonymous
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 700-750 |
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| Weight | 1.39 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a bold, deeply struck diagonal arrangement of stacked pseudo-letters or runic-style strokes, rendered in a degenerate imitation of a Roman imperial legend. The garbled inscription, composed of meaningless letter-like forms, encircles the central motif and fills the field, reflecting the progressive degradation of Roman epigraphic models by Germanic die-cutters. The overall design is crude yet vigorous, characteristic of post-Roman barbarian tremissis coinage of the early 8th century. |
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| Reverse description | A bold equal-armed cross with expanded terminals occupies the central field, struck in high relief typical of hammered gold coinage. The cross is surrounded by a continuous circular pseudo-legend of degenerate Latin letter-forms, entirely nonsensical and arranged as an imitation of the surrounding legends found on late Roman and Byzantine tremisses. A plain inner border separates the central cross motif from the surrounding inscription area, and the flan edge is slightly irregular, consistent with hand-cut planchet production. |
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| Reverse lettering | VIIOVIIIVIOVIVOIIO |
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