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Tremissis - Moneyer Audomarus Namur
| Issuer | Austrasia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 590-675 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse lettering | NAMV (Translation: Namur.) |
| Reverse description | A plain standing cross occupying the central field, rendered with bold, slightly irregular arms in the Merovingian hammered tradition. The cross rises from the base of the flan, with the surrounding circular legend identifying the moneyer Audomarus. The lettering is distributed around the periphery in the characteristic Merovingian epigraphic style, with some letters partially off-flan due to the irregular planchet. The overall design follows the standard Austrasian tremissis reverse type derived from late Roman and Byzantine prototypes. |
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Merovingian tremisses of this period were struck by semi-autonomous moneyers operating under loose royal oversight, and Audomarus at Namur represents exactly that fragmented monetary reality — a local craftsman issuing coin in his own name from a mint whose political allegiance shifted repeatedly between Austrasian and Neustrian factions across the seventh century. Namur's position on the Meuse made it commercially active enough to sustain a mint, but few moneyers there are as well-documented in the reference literature as this one.