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Tremissis - Recaredo I Olisipona
| Issuer | Visigothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 586-601 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of King Recaredo I depicted in a highly stylized, pseudo-Byzantine manner, with a schematic face rendered frontally, wearing a diadem or crown with pendilia suggested by flanking elements, and a broad collar or corselet below the neck. The bust is surrounded by the royal legend in degraded Latin characters arranged in a circular field. The overall style is characteristic of late Visigothic coinage, with boldly struck but schematized lettering surrounding the central effigy. The coin is enclosed by a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Recaredo I's conversion from Arianism to Nicene Christianity at the Third Council of Toledo in 589 was among the most consequential religious decisions in early medieval Iberia, and the coinage from his reign documents the political geography of his kingdom mint by mint. Olisipona — Roman Olisipo, modern Lisbon — was an active mint under the Visigoths, though output was modest and attributions to specific reigns depend heavily on metrology and die study.
The Pliego 124 classification reflects work done to untangle a complex series where mint signatures were inconsistently rendered by semi-literate celators.