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.
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.