Tremissis - Suintila Barbi

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.