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Tremissis - Suintila Barbi
| Issuer | Visigothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 621-631 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of King Suinthila rendered in the debased late antique style characteristic of Visigothic coinage, with a schematic facial treatment showing large eyes and a prominent nose. The figure is depicted frontally with drapery indicated below the bust. The central device is surrounded by a beaded inner border, beyond which stylised star-shaped or cross-bow ornaments are distributed around the field. The Latin legend +SVINTHILA RE runs around the periphery within the outer toothed border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Suinthila ruled the Visigothic Kingdom from 621 until his deposition in 631 — the first Iberian king to control the entire peninsula after expelling the last Byzantine forces from their coastal enclaves in 625. This tremissis was struck at Barbi, a mint whose precise location remains debated but is generally placed in the middle Guadalquivir basin. Visigothic tremisses of this reign are catalogued across a surprisingly large number of mint cities, reflecting a deliberately decentralized monetary administration that distinguished the kingdom from its Frankish neighbors.