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Tremissis - Moneyer Wintrius Chalon mint
| Issuer | Frankish Kingdom |
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| Year | 600-620 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A Latin cross chrismée, its shaft set upon a globe, dominates the central field, with the letters C and A flanking the cross arms in the field to either side. The entire device is encircled by a pelleted wreath border adorned with a prominent central jewel at the top, a decorative motif characteristic of Merovingian tremisses imitating Byzantine reverse types. The design is boldly struck but shows the irregular flan typical of hammered Frankish gold coinage of the early seventh century. A circular Latin legend naming the moneyer runs along the periphery. |
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Chalon-sur-Saône operated as one of the more active Merovingian minting centers in Burgundy, a region absorbed into the Frankish kingdom following the defeat of the Burgundian kings in 534. The moneyer system itself was a Merovingian peculiarity — individual craftsmen lending their names to royal coinage, making attribution more personal than institutional. Wintrius is attested at Chalon through this type alone, which is not unusual; many moneyers appear across a single issue or die pairing and then vanish from the record entirely.