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1 Tremissis In the name of Anastasius I
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 501-600 |
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| Reference(s) | Boutin#– |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tremisses struck by Germanic successor kingdoms in the name of Anastasius I were a deliberate political act — using the reigning emperor's name conferred a veneer of legitimacy on rulers who lacked any formal imperial mandate. The practice was widespread among the Visigoths, Burgundians, and Ostrogoths during the sixth century, making firm attribution to a specific issuer genuinely difficult without accompanying find-spot data or die-linkage studies.
The unresolved Boutin reference here is telling. Weight at 1.39g sits slightly below the standard Byzantine tremissis of roughly 1.52g, which may point toward a specific workshop's alloy practices or a later imitative tradition.