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Cut Quarter Tremissis
| Issuer | Visigothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 575-586 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Quarter-circle segment cut from a hammered gold tremissis, retaining a partial right-facing draped bust with visible shoulder. A fragment of the Latin legend is preserved along the curved edge, reading partial letters consistent with an imperial AVG titulature derived from late Roman prototypes. The portrait, though heavily truncated by the cut, displays schematic Visigothic workmanship characteristic of the late 6th century. The fields show typical die wear and surface granularity consistent with low-weight fractional gold coinage of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | AVG (Translation: Partial Roman legend) |
| Reverse description | Reverse of this quarter-cut fragment retains a partial standing figure, tentatively identified as a Victory or royal personage, rendered in the debased late antique style typical of Visigothic tremisses of the reign of Liuvigild (568–586). Only a portion of the design survives due to the deliberate quartering of the original coin for use as fractional currency. Traces of a partial Latin circumferential legend are visible along the curved die edge, though the lettering is largely lost to the cut. The surface shows the characteristic flat, slightly worn relief of hammered Visigothic gold coinage. |
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