Watch List notes:

THE VISIGOTHS
Leovigild, 572-586

Pseudo-Imperial Coinage. Tremissis, Toledo 572-586, AV 1.13 g. CIVWI – IVIAC Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. IITII – IAIN Victory advancing r., holding wreath in r. hand and palm branch on l. shoulder; in exergue, IOIIO. Chaves p. 54. MEC I, –.
Rare. Good very fine / about extremely fine


Ex NAC sale 25, 2003, 651.
Leogivild spent a lot of time battling both internal and external enemies. He decided to move the new capital to Toledo and conquered the Suevi, incorporating their kingdom, and defeated the Basques, the Byzantines and the Franks. His elder son Hermenegild became Catholic after the marriage with the Merovingian princess Ingundis and rebelled against his father with the support of the Catholic Suevi. Leovigild crushed the revolt and Catholics were persecuted until the end of his reign.