- the old
tremissis.
Although it was not made of gold, it was one
third of the
standard golden hyperpyron. It was not, however,
called tremissis. Outside...
-
shown on a
Tremissis of
Theodosius II (first half of the 5th century).
Tremissis minted under Theodosius II (r. 402–450)
Visigothic tremissis (5th century)...
- circulation.
Fractions of the
solidus known as
semissis (half-solidi) and
tremissis (one-third solidi) were also produced. The
fractional gold
coins were...
- and designs,
albeit crudely. The
tremissis was
worth a
third of a solidus, and the
siliqua an
eighth of a
tremissis. The
coins do not bear any identifying...
- BC. Later, in
Frankish Gaul, the term "triens" was
often used for the
tremissis,
since both
terms meant "a third".
Roman currency Wikimedia Commons has...
-
which had
apparently been
suspended by
Childeric II
around 670. His gold
tremissis broke with the old
Frankish style and
copied the
cross potent on three...
-
Frankish gold
Tremissis,
imitation of
Byzantine Tremissis, mid-6th century....
-
Edith intervenes and he
resumes digging.
Brown discovers a
Merovingian Tremissis, a
small gold coin of Late
Antiquity and
Phillips declares the site to...
- A
tremissis of
Theudebert II
minted at Clermont...
- the Merovingians,
albeit most
often in the form of a "third of a sou" (
tremissis).
Facing a
shortage of gold,
Charlemagne introduced a new "stabilization"...
