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Tremissis - Recaredo I Emerita
| Issuer | Visigothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 586-601 |
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| Currency | Tremissis |
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| Obverse description | Facing frontal bust of King Recaredo I, schematically rendered in the late antique Visigothic style, with pendilia hanging at either side of the head and a cross pattée above. The effigy is shown draped, with stylised facial features typical of Visigothic coinage derived from Byzantine prototypes. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, reading from the left side of the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | +DN RECCAREDVS REX (Translation: Our lord Recaredo I King) |
| Reverse description | Facing frontal bust rendered in the same schematic Visigothic style as the obverse, representing a royal or victory effigy, with pendilia at either side and a cross pattée surmounting the head. The figure is draped, and the treatment of the face and hair reflects the strongly stylised, nearly abstract artistic conventions characteristic of Visigothic tremisses struck at the Emerita mint. A circular Latin legend surrounds the bust, identifying the mint city and the royal epithet. |
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