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Tremissis Audeca
| Issuer | Suebi Kingdom |
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| Year | 584-585 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of the king in right profile, rendered in the late antique barbarian tradition with crude but characteristic workmanship. The effigy is surrounded by a retrograde or degenerate Latin legend reading OCODIACCA REIGES ONAV, a garbled rendering of 'King Audeca'. The legend occupies the full circumference of the coin field, with letter forms showing the stylistic degradation typical of Suebic gold coinage of the late sixth century. |
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| Obverse lettering | OCODIACCA REIGES ONAV (Translation: King Audeca) |
| Reverse description | A cross pattée or plain cross occupies the central field, framed by a wreath border rendered as a beaded or interlaced circular motif. The design follows the standard late Roman tremissis reverse type, reduced here to its most schematic form, consistent with the degenerate style of Suebic imitative coinage. The overall composition reflects the Visigothic and late imperial prototypes from which Suebic tremisses were derived. |
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