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Anonymous Copper issues in Iberia. The Suevi, temp. Rechiar, 448 – 455.
Tremissis of LATINA MVNITA type, Emerita? circa 570-580, AV 1.27 g. (SG 14.97, Au 65%) LΛTIИΛ EMERI MVИITΛ Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r.; in r. field, three pellets. Rev. Cross pattée within double wreath and with central jewel; flanking by two curved rectangles. Below, IOИIO[c retrograde]. Reinhart 50 (this obverse die). Peixoto Cubral-Metcalf, A Moeda Sueva - Suevic Coinage, Anexos Nummus 4, pl. 17, 1 and pl. 23, 50 (these dies). MEC I, –.
Extremely rare. Very fine
Ex Roma Numismatics sale XIII, 2017, 1018.
This coin in the "Bergidum" style has EMERI as the supposed mint believed to represent Emerita (Merida) and as such makes it one of the most enigmatic coins in the whole Suevic -Visigothic series. Bergidum and other city names used in the Latina Munita series are found in Gallaecia North of the Minho River which bordered the main Suevic kingdom and are believed to have been minted towards the end of the kingdom circa 560-585. To have a coin minted in the capital of the Visigothic province of Lusitania far to the South is striking. However, there is the possibility that when Hermenegild revolted against his father Leovigild in 579, Emerita joined him as is suggested by a passage in Gregory of Tour's in The History of the Franks. The VICTORIΛ found in the legend of coins of Leovigild from the mint of Emerita are also believed to refer to the recapturing of Emerita by Leovigild during this period. John of Biclaro states that the Suevic King Miro was present at the final battle between Leovigild and Hermenegild near Ispali (Seville) in 583-584 where he died. The chronicles are not perfectly clear regarding which side Miro supported, but as a Catholic, many scholars believe Hermenegild, in which case he would have had to march South passing Emerita and may have issued a coinage in Emerita. Whether the coins themselves were minted there, perhaps from dies brought from the North or even minted in the North and carried South, is uncertain however one coin in the series has a die-link to a regular Suevic Valentinianic coin believed to have been minted in Braga.
Tremissis of LATINA MVNITA type, Emerita? circa 570-580, AV 1.27 g. (SG 14.97, Au 65%) LΛTIИΛ EMERI MVИITΛ Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r.; in r. field, three pellets. Rev. Cross pattée within double wreath and with central jewel; flanking by two curved rectangles. Below, IOИIO[c retrograde]. Reinhart 50 (this obverse die). Peixoto Cubral-Metcalf, A Moeda Sueva - Suevic Coinage, Anexos Nummus 4, pl. 17, 1 and pl. 23, 50 (these dies). MEC I, –.
Extremely rare. Very fine
Ex Roma Numismatics sale XIII, 2017, 1018.
This coin in the "Bergidum" style has EMERI as the supposed mint believed to represent Emerita (Merida) and as such makes it one of the most enigmatic coins in the whole Suevic -Visigothic series. Bergidum and other city names used in the Latina Munita series are found in Gallaecia North of the Minho River which bordered the main Suevic kingdom and are believed to have been minted towards the end of the kingdom circa 560-585. To have a coin minted in the capital of the Visigothic province of Lusitania far to the South is striking. However, there is the possibility that when Hermenegild revolted against his father Leovigild in 579, Emerita joined him as is suggested by a passage in Gregory of Tour's in The History of the Franks. The VICTORIΛ found in the legend of coins of Leovigild from the mint of Emerita are also believed to refer to the recapturing of Emerita by Leovigild during this period. John of Biclaro states that the Suevic King Miro was present at the final battle between Leovigild and Hermenegild near Ispali (Seville) in 583-584 where he died. The chronicles are not perfectly clear regarding which side Miro supported, but as a Catholic, many scholars believe Hermenegild, in which case he would have had to march South passing Emerita and may have issued a coinage in Emerita. Whether the coins themselves were minted there, perhaps from dies brought from the North or even minted in the North and carried South, is uncertain however one coin in the series has a die-link to a regular Suevic Valentinianic coin believed to have been minted in Braga.