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Tremissis - Suintila Mentesa
| 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 highly schematic, flat style characteristic of late Visigothic coinage, with a broad, stylised face, pellet eyes, and flanking hair rendered as beaded strands. Below the bust appears a stylised letter M or omega-like device, a conventional Visigothic mint or royal symbol. The surrounding circular legend reads + SVINTHILA RE, separated by cross pattée at the top, all contained within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | Facing bust in the same schematic Visigothic style as the obverse, depicting a frontal effigy with pellet eyes and flanking beaded hair locks, below which appears a stylised omega or M-shaped device. The peripheral legend + MENTESA PIVS encircles the design, identifying the mint of Mentesa and the epithet PIVS (Pious) accorded to the king or mint authority, all framed within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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