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Tremissis - Egica Eliberri
| Issuer | Visigothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 687-695 |
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| Weight | 1.49 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a cross on steps flanked by stylized tree or branch motifs, above three pellets arranged in a triangular formation, all rendered in the highly schematic style typical of late Visigothic tremisses. The composition reflects a debased adaptation of the Byzantine cross-on-steps reverse type, common to Visigothic royal coinage of the late seventh century. The mint name and royal epithet appear in the surrounding legend, separated by a cross. The overall design, though abstract, retains the essential symbolic elements of Christian royal authority. |
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Egica ruled the Visigothic Kingdom under constant pressure — internal aristocratic conspiracies, Byzantine encroachment, and a Frankish threat from the north defined his reign. His monetary output reflects a kingdom still capable of sustaining a functioning gold coinage despite those stresses. The Eliberri mint, located at modern Granada, was one of the southernmost active mints in the Visigothic system.
CNV 512 / Pliego 690 is a well-documented type, but individual die marriages within Eliberri's tremissis production for Egica remain only partially catalogued.