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Tremissis - Egica and Wittiza Eliberri
| Issuer | Visigothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 694-702 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | + I · D · N · N EGICA RX |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Egica elevated his son Wittiza to co-ruler around 694, a dynastic maneuver designed to secure succession and sidestep the elective traditions of Visigothic kingship that had produced so much political violence across the seventh century. Joint-reign tremisses from this pairing are among the last gold coinage struck before the Umayyad invasion of 711 effectively ended Visigothic monetary production altogether.
Eliberri — modern Granada — was one of the southwestern mints active during this co-regency, and output attributable to it is considerably scarcer than Toledo or Mérida issues from the same reign.