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1 Tremissis In the name of Anastasius I, Lyon
| Issuer | Burgundian Kingdom |
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| Year | 473-516 |
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| Value | 1 Tremissis |
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| Reverse description | Winged Victory advancing to the right, holding a wreath in her extended hand, with an imperial monogram displayed in the left field before her figure. The type closely imitates contemporary Byzantine tremissis coinage struck in the name of Anastasius I. The surrounding Latin legend IVCTORIΛ ΛVCVTOVM GVB CONOB incorporates the Burgundian mintmark GVB alongside the standard Byzantine fineness mark CONOB in the exergue, indicating the mint of Lyon and confirming the coin's high gold standard. |
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| Mintage | ND (473-516) |
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The Burgundian kingdom occupied an awkward political position in late 5th-century Gaul — nominally federate allies of Rome, then subjects of the Eastern Empire, yet effectively autonomous under Gundobad. Striking tremisses in Anastasius's name was a deliberate act of legitimacy-borrowing: the Burgundians lacked the authority to issue coinage in their own right and instead sheltered under imperial iconography while running their own mint at Lyon, one of the most active post-Roman minting centers in the West.
Lyon's output for this type is documented across several die groupings in Tomasini's classification, with the A5 group showing consistent fabric characteristics that distinguish it from contemporary Visigothic and Frankish imitations of the same imperial prototype.