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🟡 Cerveira Bill – Municipal Jewel

Reproduction of the Suevi-Visigothic Account, 6th century.

A symbol of social status and cultural identity in Vila Nova de Cerveira, the Cerveira Bill is an archaeological piece of great historical and symbolic value.

The original jewel, discovered in 1985 by archaeologist Carlos A. Brochado de Almeida at the Lovelhe Archaeological Site (Vila Nova de Cerveira), belongs to the municipal collection. It measures 3 cm in length by 1.5 cm in width , has a bitroncoconical shape , and is decorated with 1 mm thick gold wire beaten over a die, forming various "S" shaped patterns.

The original piece weighs 8.5 grams and is composed of 95% gold , with the remainder being silver and iron.

The Cerveira Beads are considered the closest, in form and execution, to only two other known pieces in the Iberian Peninsula: one from Daganzo de Arribas (Madrid), exhibited in the Spanish National Archaeological Museum, and another from Torre Dondimem (Jean), preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Barcelona — both dated to the 6th century .

This replica represents not only an exceptional jewel, but also a symbol of Cerveira's heritage and identity — a connection between the Suevi-Visigothic past and the artistic present of the "Village of Arts".