Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XIII 23 March 2017
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Suevic Kingdom of Gallaecia AV Tremissis. Uncertain mint in Gallaecia, circa AD 558-585. LATINA EMERI MVNTA, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right with prominent jewelled fibula and jewelled paludamentum over left shoulder, three pellets in field; all within beaded border / Cross pattée within double wreathed circles, flanked by two lateral beaded and curved rectangles; COINOI (retrograde) in exergue. Peixoto Cabral and Metcalf, p. 300, 1; W. Reinhart, 'Die Münzen des Schwebenreiches', in Mittailungen der bayerischen Numismatiischen Gesellschaft 55, 1937, p. 186, 50; cf. Gomes, Moedas portuhesas, Lisboa 2003, p. 45, 02.11. 1.17g, 17mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
The extraordinary issues with enigmatic legends based on Latin legends akin to Latina munita (i.e. 'Latin mint') belong to the late period of the Suevic kingdom after it had been defeated by Theodoric II and divided in two. The reverse legend is difficult to explain: it may refer to a municipal ('Latin') origin of the coins, possibly arising from an incompetent interpretation of the wording of an instruction to the moneyers to place on the coins a Latin name of the mint. The issues have been tentatively attributed to an unspecified new mint, possibly in the newly conquered territories north of the Minho in the time of king Miro (570-583). For an in depth analysis on the legends and mint identifications see: 'The LATINA MVNTA Tremisses', in J.M. Peixoto Cabral and D.M. Metcalf, A moeda sueva - Suevic Coinage, Lisboa 1997, pp. 89-97.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
The extraordinary issues with enigmatic legends based on Latin legends akin to Latina munita (i.e. 'Latin mint') belong to the late period of the Suevic kingdom after it had been defeated by Theodoric II and divided in two. The reverse legend is difficult to explain: it may refer to a municipal ('Latin') origin of the coins, possibly arising from an incompetent interpretation of the wording of an instruction to the moneyers to place on the coins a Latin name of the mint. The issues have been tentatively attributed to an unspecified new mint, possibly in the newly conquered territories north of the Minho in the time of king Miro (570-583). For an in depth analysis on the legends and mint identifications see: 'The LATINA MVNTA Tremisses', in J.M. Peixoto Cabral and D.M. Metcalf, A moeda sueva - Suevic Coinage, Lisboa 1997, pp. 89-97.