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Tremissis - Charibert II Banassac mint
| Issuer | Frankish Kingdom |
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| Year | 629-632 |
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| Value | 1 Tremissis (⅓) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of King Charibert II facing right, rendered in the crude but vigorous Merovingian style typical of early 7th-century Frankish coinage. The effigy is set within a plain inner circle, with the royal legend CHARIBERTVS REX distributed around the periphery in debased Latin letters. The portrait, while stylized, retains recognizable regal features including a visible neck and shoulder treatment. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded outer border characteristic of Merovingian tremisses. |
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| Mint | Banassac (Gévaudan) |
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Charibert II was installed by his brother Dagobert I as a sub-king over Aquitaine in 629, a deliberate partition meant to pacify the region rather than reflect any genuine power-sharing arrangement. He died in 632, and Dagobert promptly reunited the kingdom under his sole rule, making the Banassac mint's output attributable to this reign among the shortest-window gold issues of Merovingian Gaul. The Banassac mint, active in the Gévaudan district, is notable for a prolific but stylistically variable gold tremissis production that complicates precise attribution across the period.