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Tremissis in the name of Valentinian III, without panels
| Issuer | Suebi Kingdom |
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| Year | 425-455 |
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| Weight | 1.5 g |
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| Reverse description | A tall cross potent stands prominently at center, enclosed within a laurel wreath whose ties end in a rosette at the base. The wreath is rendered in the standard late Roman tremissis tradition, with beaded or pellet detailing along its border. No lateral panels appear flanking the cross, distinguishing this as the 'without panels' variety. A degraded reverse legend is present in the exergual or field area, consistent with the barbarous imitative style of Suebi gold coinage struck in the name of Valentinian III. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Suebi, settled in northwestern Iberia after their crossing of the Rhine in 406, were among the earliest Germanic groups to strike independent gold coinage — yet this tremissis is struck in the name of Valentinian III, not their own kings. This was not tribute. It was legitimacy-borrowing: a barbarian kingdom advertising its nominal alignment with the western court in Ravenna while exercising de facto autonomy over Gallaecia.
The "without panels" designation distinguishes this type from related Suebic issues bearing border ornaments, a detail that helps sequence the series chronologically within a mint output that remains poorly documented.