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Tremissis - Egica Ispali
| Issuer | Visigothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 687-702 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Stylized facing bust of King Egica rendered in the degenerate late Visigothic manner, with schematic facial features and a heavily jewelled or diademed crown suggested by angular, raised letter-forms surrounding the portrait. The design is executed in a bold, deeply struck but highly abstracted style characteristic of late seventh-century Visigothic coinage, in which the royal effigy has become largely geometric. A circular legend surrounds the central device, reading + I · D · INM EGICA P, with letters separated by pellets and arranged within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field occupied by a prominent cross pattée or potent, standing on a stepped or tiered base, with a row of three pellets at the foot — a composition typical of Visigothic tremisses of the Ispali (Seville) mint under Egica. The design elements are rendered in the bold, schematic style of late Visigothic die-cutting. Surrounding the central device, a circular Latin legend reads + ISPALI PIVS, identifying both the mint city and the royal epithet, all enclosed within a beaded border. |
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