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Tremissis - Chintila Castelona
| Issuer | Visigothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 636-639 |
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| Currency | Tremissis |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Castulo (Castilona) |
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Chintila's reign lasted barely three years before his death in December 639, making his issues among the more scarce Visigothic gold emissions by sheer chronological constraint. He is notable for presiding over the Sixth Council of Toledo in 638, which formalized protections for the Visigothic nobility and clergy — a political compact that shaped the coinage's administrative geography, as mints like Castelona operated under increasingly localized episcopal and aristocratic oversight.
Castelona, modern Cazlona near Linares in Jaén province, was a secondary mint whose output for this reign is documented in very few surviving specimens.