Egica elevated his son Wittiza to co-ruler around 694, an unusual dynastic arrangement clearly intended to secure succession after decades of violent Visigothic throne disputes. The Egitania mint — present-day Idanha-a-Velha in Portugal — was one of roughly two dozen active provincial mints the Visigoths maintained, each striking in the king's name with varying consistency. This joint reign issue is among the later products of that system; within a decade of these coins leaving the die, the Umayyad invasion of 711 would end Visigothic rule entirely.
Egica elevated his son Wittiza to co-ruler around 694, an unusual dynastic arrangement clearly intended to secure succession after decades of violent Visigothic throne disputes. The Egitania mint — present-day Idanha-a-Velha in Portugal — was one of roughly two dozen active provincial mints the Visigoths maintained, each striking in the king's name with varying consistency. This joint reign issue is among the later products of that system; within a decade of these coins leaving the die, the Umayyad invasion of 711 would end Visigothic rule entirely.