Acuñación monetaria y organización administrativa en la "Gallaecia" tardoantigua

  1. Díaz Martínez, Pablo de la Cruz
Journal:
Zephyrus: Revista de prehistoria y arqueología

ISSN: 0514-7336

Year of publication: 2004

Issue: 57

Pages: 367-375

Type: Article

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Abstract

The high number of Visigothic mints in Gallaecia, approximately between the years 585 and 650, has been traditionally related to either probable military campaigns or the continuity in gold mining. This paper states that they must be understood as an administrative-type phenomenon: a consequence of the assimilation by the Visigothic kingdom of the previous Sueve territorial scheme, articulated in a decentralised way through a high number of centres distributed along the whole provincial territory. This scheme crashed with that one known and used by the Visigoths.