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Tremissis - Tulga Cordoba
| Issuer | Visigothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 639-642 |
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| Reference(s) | CNV#392, Pliego#515 |
| Obverse description | Central field features a highly stylized frontal bust of King Tulga, rendered in the degenerate late-antique manner characteristic of Visigothic tremisses, surrounded by a radiating arrangement of cross-pommée and pellet motifs forming an elaborate cruciform pattern. The bust is schematic, with a beaded or jewelled collar visible, set within a circular border of granular or pellet decoration. The overall design reflects the progressive abstraction of the imperial Byzantine portrait type as adapted by Visigothic die-cutters. The abbreviated Latin legend +TVLGAN RE encircles the central design, identifying the issuer as King Tulga Rex. A beaded outer border frames the entire composition. |
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| Obverse lettering | +TVLGAN RE |
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Tulga ruled for roughly three years before being deposed and tonsured by Chindasuinth in 642 — a forced entry into monastic life that was the Visigothic aristocracy's preferred alternative to execution. His coinage is consequently among the rarest of the series by sheer reign length. Córdoba was one of the more productive southern mints under the Visigoths, but output during Tulga's reign was brief enough that surviving examples from any of his mint attributions are genuinely scarce rather than artificially so.