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Tremissis in the name of Valentinian III
| Issuer | Suebi Kingdom |
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| Year | 425-455 |
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| Value | 1 Tremissis |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Valentinian III facing right, rendered in a barbarous style characteristic of Suebi imitative coinage. The portrait is schematic and stylized, with crude delineation of facial features and drapery. A beaded inner border frames the central device, with the Latin imperial titulature legend running along the periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | DNVALENTINIANVSPFAVG |
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The Suebi settled in northwestern Iberia — roughly modern Galicia and northern Portugal — after crossing the Rhine with the Vandals and Alans on the last day of 406. They established one of the earliest post-Roman kingdoms on former imperial soil, yet continued striking gold in the name of reigning Western emperors, a practice that projected legitimacy rather than defiance. Valentinian III's long reign provided a convenient fiction of continuity.
Barbarian-struck tremisses of this type frequently show subtle differences in fabric and execution that distinguish them from imperial mint output, though the Suebi issues remain among the less-studied in the series.