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| Issuer | Frankish Kingdom |
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| Year | 540-548 |
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| Currency | Tremissis (476-670) |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Theudebert I, helmeted and cuirassed in late Roman imperial style, with large frontal eyes characteristic of Merovingian die-cutting. The king wears a crested helmet adorned with a beaded diadem and is depicted with a paludamentum fastened at the shoulder. A shield is visible to the left and a spear or sceptre to the right of the bust. The surrounding field is bounded by a beaded border, with the Latin legend running continuously around the effigy. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N THEODEBERTVS VICTOR (Translation: Our Lord Theudebert, victorious.) |
| Reverse description | Standing figure of Victory facing, rendered in the Byzantine imperial tradition, with large spread wings, wearing a long draped robe. The figure holds a long staff or cross-tipped sceptre in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. In the exergue, the mint mark CONOB (Constantinople standard gold) appears, with the letter B denoting the Bonn mint above. A star is visible to the right of the figure in the field. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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