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Tremissis - Recceswinth Emerita
| Issuer | Visigothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 649-672 |
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| Value | 1 Tremissis |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of King Recceswinth rendered in the highly stylised, late antique manner characteristic of Visigothic coinage, depicted with a diademed or helmeted head and schematic facial features. The bust is shown facing forward with simplified drapery indicated below the neck, occupying the central field. Flanking the bust and filling the field are groups of pellets and stylised decorative elements typical of the Visigothic tremissis series. The circumferential Latin legend reads + RECCESVINTVS P, arranged around the periphery of the flan. The rim is defined by a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | + RECCESVINTVS P |
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Recceswinth ruled the Visigothic Kingdom for over two decades, a reign notable in part for the promulgation of the Liber Iudiciorum in 654 — a unified legal code intended to dissolve the long-standing distinction between Gothic and Hispano-Roman populations. Emerita Augusta, modern Mérida, remained one of the most administratively significant mints in the Iberian Peninsula throughout Visigothic rule, a direct inheritance from its earlier status as capital of the Roman diocese of Hispania.
Pliego 603 places this issue firmly within the Emeritan sequence, where die workmanship is noticeably variable across the reign.