Tremissis - Moneyer Angiulfus Orleans mint

Angiulfus was one of a class of semi-autonomous Merovingian moneyers who operated with remarkable independence during the seventh century, striking in their own names at a time when royal authority over coinage had effectively fragmented. Orleans, positioned on the Loire as a major transit point between northern and southern Francia, supported an active mint precisely because of its commercial traffic — the tremissis being the workhorse denomination of long-distance trade in this period. Prou's grouping of Angiulfus across two consecutive catalog numbers suggests die-link or stylistic continuity across multiple emissions.