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  • noun A coin of late Ancient Rome, worth one third of a solidus.

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  • In his report to the hearing, the curator in early medieval coinage, Dr Gareth Williams, said it was a gold tremissis bearing the image of the Byzantine emperor, Anastasius the First.

    Gold Pendant Discovered by Metal Detectorist Jan 2008

  • In his report to the hearing, the curator in early medieval coinage, Dr Gareth Williams, said it was a gold tremissis bearing the image of the Byzantine emperor, Anastasius the First.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Jan 2008

  • a single gold tremissis from the Girona mint struck in the name of King Witiza, between

    A Corner of Tenth-Century Europe 2009

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