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Siliqua Rechiar
| Issuer | Suebi Kingdom |
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| Year | 448-456 |
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| Weight | 1.4 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Braga (Bracara) |
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Rechiar was the first barbarian king on Roman soil to strike coins in his own name — a pointed assertion of independence from a Western Empire already fracturing beyond recovery. His siliquae imitate late Roman imperial types so closely that attribution long remained contested, with many examples sitting misidentified in collections for decades before MEC brought systematic clarity to the series.
Rechiar's reign ended in 456 when Visigothic forces under Theoderic II defeated him at the Órbigo River. He was captured and executed shortly after — one of the sharper endings in fifth-century Iberian politics.