The Coinage of the Visigoths of Spain, Leovigild to Achila II

590 Pages·1952·43.837 MB·English

by  George C. Miles

The Visigoths of Spain
II
Leovigild to A nil a

HISPANIC NUMISMATIC SERIES
MONOGRAPH NUMBER 2
THE HISPANIC NUMISMATIC SERIES
consists of publications devoted to the coinage of the
IberianPeninsula andofrelated countries, and is based
on the Collection of The Hispanic Society of America.
It is published jointly by The American Numismatic
Society and The Hispanic Society of America.
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
A.Carson Simpson, Chairman
Alfred R.Bellinger
Agnes Baldwin Brett
Thomas 0.Mabbott
Sawyer McA.Mosser, Editor
The of
Coinage
The of
Visigoths Spain
II/
Achila
Leovigild to
By GEORGE C. MILES
PUBLISHED IN CO-OPERATION WITH
THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
NEW YORK
1952
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword ix
Bibliography, Collections and Key to Abbreviations 1
Biographical Notices of the Visigothic Kings of Spain from
II
Leovigild to Achila 21
Evolution and Distribution of Types 43
Key to Types of Busts 54
The Legends • 67
The Mints 69
Narbonensis 76
Tarraconensis 79
Carthaginensis 92
Baetica 103
Lusitania 114
Gallaecia 125
Epigraphy 147
Notes on Minting Technique 149
Metrology 154
Hoards of Visigothic Coins 165
The Corpus 173
Note on Arrangement 174
Leovigild 175
Hermenegild 199
Reccared 201
Liuvall
235
Witteric 239
Gundemar 253
Sisebut 258
Suinthila 273
Sisenand 301
Iudila 321
Chintila 322
Tulga 330
Chindasvinth 335
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Joint Rule of Chindasvinth & Reccesvinth 348
Reccesvinth 351
Wamba 367
Ervig 375
Egica 387
Suniefred 405
Joint Rule of Egica & Wittiza 406
Wittiza 431
Roderic 442
AchilaII
444
Appendix : Fabrications and Forgeries 447
Location of Specimens Illustrated in the Plates 499
Indices 504