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Object Type
Museum number: B.12648
Denomination: tremissis
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Diademed and cuirassed bust of Justinian I to right. (obverse); Victory moving right, holding wreath. (reverse)
State
Authority: Ruler: Justinian I (Probably); Ruler: Childebert I, King of Paris (Probably)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 511-558 (Probably)
Production place: Minted in: Gaul (Southern Gaul. Probably)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 13 millimetres; Weight: 1.33 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Tomasini, p. 301, pl. C, no 12 notes a coin similar in style to this one. Both, Tomasini's and this coin present a vague Visigothic style on their types, especially on the reverse (Victory to right with a big wing on her back). This coin could very well have been produced in Southern Gaul. The name of Justinian on the obverse perhaps leads to consider this coin as having been struck in the years 530-540 AD, inmediately after the collapse of the Visigothic and Burgundian kingdoms in Southern Gaul, and before personal Frankish royal names became fashionable on coins.
Bibliographic references: Tomasini 1964 / The Barbaric Tremissis in Spain and Southern France: Anastasius to Leovigild (Cf. 649, p. 256: 12, pl. C., p. 301.); Belfort IV / Description générale des monnaies mérovingiennes par ordre alphabétique des ateliers. Tome Quatrième. Monnaies indéterminées-Supplément (Cf. 5345. 5374.)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Justinian I; Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Acquisition name
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: B.12648

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