page_title: Liuvigild
hierarchical_section_title: Liuvigild
caption_attribution_description: English: Visigoths, Spain. Leovigild (?). AD 568-586. AV Tremissis (1.23 g, 6h). Toledo(?) mint. Struck circa AD 573-578. Obv.: CVRRIO + OIRRVC (retrograde), diademed and draped bust right; cross with crescents at corners on drapery. Tomasini, Group C3, 590; cf. Miles, Visigoths Type H, 8; cf. Chaves 79-81; MEC 1, 207 var. (obv. legend). EF, toned
context_page_description: Liuvigild, Leuvigild, Leovigild, or Leovigildo, was a Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania from 568 to April 21, 586. Known for his Codex Revisus or Code of Leovigild, a law allowing equal rights between the Visigothic and Hispano-Roman population, his kingdom covered modern Portugal and most of modern Spain down to Toledo. Liuvigild ranks among the greatest Visigothic kings of the Arian period.
context_section_description: Liuvigild, Leuvigild, Leovigild, or Leovigildo (Spanish and Portuguese), (c. 519 – 21 April 586) was a Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania from 568 to April 21, 586. Known for his Codex Revisus or Code of Leovigild, a law allowing equal rights between the Visigothic and Hispano-Roman population, his kingdom covered modern Portugal and most of modern Spain down to Toledo. Liuvigild ranks among the greatest Visigothic kings of the Arian period.
caption: Tremissis of Liuvigild, 573-578.
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