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1 Tremissis In the name of Heraclius, Stylized bust
| Issuer | Tuscany, Duchy of |
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| Year | 620-700 |
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| Currency | Tremissis (620-700) |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylized, schematic facing bust of the emperor Heraclius occupying the central field, rendered in a barbarous imitative style characteristic of post-Roman Italian coinage. The effigy is depicted frontally with a simplified helmet or crown surmounting the head, the facial features reduced to abstract geometric forms. A broad, ladder-like or patterned element below the bust suggests a cuirass or imperial regalia, heavily stylized beyond classical convention. The surrounding legend, partially garbled, attempts to reproduce the standard Byzantine imperial titulature. The overall design reflects a local Lombard or Tuscan interpretation of Byzantine tremissis prototypes. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N HCVCI - VIII PP AVI (Translation: Dominus Noster Heraclius Perpetuus Augustus Our Lord, Heraclius, perpetual August) |
| Reverse description | Central field bears a plain cross pattee set upon a stepped base or globus cruciger motif, rendered in a bold, simplified manner consistent with barbarous imitative coinage. The cross is well-centered and occupies the majority of the reverse field. Surrounding the cross is a circular legend composed of degraded Latin letters arranged in a continuous band around the periphery, imitating Byzantine tremissis reverse inscriptions but heavily garbled. The overall design closely follows Byzantine imperial tremissis prototypes, adapted by a local Tuscan die-cutter with reduced epigraphic fidelity. The flat, hammered flan exhibits slight irregularity at the edges. |
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