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Tremissis - Moneyer Ela Quentovic mint
| Issuer | Ela |
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| Year | 585-620 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylized, degenerate bust facing right, rendered in the crude Merovingian manner typical of late 6th- to early 7th-century Frankish coinage. The effigy displays schematic facial features with a prominent curved neck scroll and simplified drapery indicated by incuse lines. The surrounding legend, read in Latin, identifies the moneyer. The overall design reflects the progressive barbarization of late antique imperial prototypes. |
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| Reverse description | A bold Greek cross with expanded arms mounted on a stepped or decorated base, with each arm terminating near a crosslet or pellet ornament, filling the field in a characteristic Merovingian arrangement. The cross is set within a beaded or segmented border, and the surrounding legend identifies the mint of Quentovic. The design is executed in the hammered, somewhat irregular style consistent with Frankish tremisses of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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