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Tremissis - Moneyer Madelinus Dorestad mint
| Issuer | Madelinus (Merovingian moneyer, Dorestad) |
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| Year | 585-675 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust facing right, rendered in the debased late antique style typical of Merovingian coinage. Five pellets are arranged on the drapery across the chest, a decorative convention characteristic of the Dorestad mint output. The portrait is stylised and schematic, with strongly linear execution reflecting the gradual abstraction of the imperial prototype. The surrounding legend reads DORESTAT FIT, identifying the mint place, distributed around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | A bold Latin cross on a stepped or flat base occupies the central field, a type directly derived from late Roman and Byzantine tremissis prototypes. Six pellets are arranged in two rows beneath the base of the cross, serving as a distinctive differentiating mark of this Dorestad emission. The execution is confident though stylised, consistent with the die-cutting conventions of Merovingian Frisian-area moneyers. The encircling legend names the responsible moneyer, reading MAΔ•ELINVS M, distributed around the periphery of the irregular flan. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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