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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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| Obverse lettering | + SVINTHILA RE |
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Suintila ruled from 621 until his forced abdication in 631, the first Visigothic king credited by the chronicler Isidore of Seville with having expelled the last Byzantine garrisons from Hispania — a consolidation that gave Toledo effective control over the entire peninsula for the first time. Mentesa, modern-day Mengíbar in Jaén, was one of the smaller provincial mints operating under his authority, and tremisses attributable to this mint-king combination survive in very limited numbers.