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Tremissis in the name of Valentinian III, with panels
| 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, wearing a pearl diadem with two pendants visible behind the head and a fibula-fastened paludamentum at the shoulder. The portrait displays the characteristic barbarous rendering of the Suebi imitative series, with stylized facial features including a cross mark in the right field. The surrounding legend is retrograde and crudely engraved, reflecting the peripheral workshop origin of the piece. |
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| Mintage | ND (425-455) |
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The Suebi established themselves in northwestern Iberia following the collapse of Roman frontier control in 409 AD, and for decades their kings issued coinage that mimicked imperial types — a deliberate political statement that they governed as legitimate heirs to Roman administrative order, not as conquerors. Valentinian III, who reigned from Ravenna as a child emperor under his mother's regency, was the model of choice precisely because his distant weakness made the imitation diplomatically costless.
The "panels" variety, catalogued at MEC I 286–287, represents a local workshop adaptation detectable through die analysis rather than any official mint distinction.