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Tremissis - Sisebuto Caesaraugusta
| Issuer | Visigothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 612-621 |
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| Weight | 1.38 g |
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| Reverse description | Facing bust in the same schematic Visigothic style as the obverse, representing a stylised royal or ecclesiastical figure with beaded drapery and a cross above, holding what appears to be a cross-tipped sceptre or staff before the chest. The design closely mirrors the obverse portrait type, consistent with standard Visigothic tremissis iconography. The surrounding legend, referencing the mint city of Caesaraugusta (modern Zaragoza), is distributed around the circumference in large, irregular Latin letters. A cross pattée appears at the top of the field as a divider for the legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sisebut's reign is notable partly because he forced the mass conversion of the Iberian Jewish population around 616 — a policy unusual even by the standards of the period, and one that later Visigothic councils quietly walked back. His coinage was struck across a distributed network of mints, Caesaraugusta among them, each producing its own subtly distinct tremisses within the broader royal type.
Pliego's cataloguing work on Visigothic gold remains the authoritative reference; CNV 269 and Pliego 247 align on this type without significant die controversy.