Live auction - bmv_1122670 - SPAIN - VISIGOTHS - SISEBUT Triens

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Estimate :	1 500 €
Price :	900 €
Maximum bid :	1 000 €
End of the sale :	09 June 2026 15:22:14
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Triens

Date: 612-621

Date: s.m.

Mint name / Town : Émérita, Lusitania

Metal : gold

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,46 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Triens frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Hauts reliefs. Petit choc à 1 heure au droit se retrouvant à 5 heures au revers

Catalogue references :

CC/2258 - MEC.1/-

Obverse

Obverse legend : + SISEBVTVS REX.

Obverse description : Buste drapé de face.

Obverse translation : (Sisebut, roi).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + EMERI-T-A PIVS.

Reverse description : Buste drapé de face.

Reverse translation : (Émérita pieuse.

Commentary

Dans le Corpus Nummorum Visigothorum, pour Sisebut avec ce type de buste, les auteurs ne répertorient pas moins de 27 exemplaires avec des combinaisons de légendes différentes, selon que certaines lettres soient rétrogrades ou pas et selon les ponctuations qui peuvent couper les légendes. Ce triens ne porte pas de ponctuation au droit comme au revers.
In the Corpus Nummorum Visigothorum, for Sisebut with this type of bust, the authors list no fewer than 27 examples with different combinations of legends, depending on whether certain letters are retrograde or not, and depending on the punctuation that may interrupt the legends. This triens bears no punctuation on either the obverse or the reverse.