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A Merovingian tremissis issued the Frisian mint master Madelinus, with a regal portrait on the front and a cross on the reverse.

Cast out of gold.

Made in the 7th century at Dorestad, a major Frankish port city in the modern Netherlands.

Currently held at the American Numismatic Society.