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

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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 = = = = = ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY PRINTED IN GERMANY AT J.J.AUGUSTIN .GLCCKSTADT TO ARCHER MILTON HUNTINGTON HUMANIST • SCHOLAR •POET 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 viii CONTENTS 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

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