Coinage in the Roman world in the early fifth century consisted of a multi denominational system in gold, silver and bronze. The coinages of most of the new states passed through two phases: a pseudoimperial phase in which the coins purported to be issued with the authority of the current or some former emperor, and a national phase in which the inscriptions and designs deliberately reflected the state's independence. In Gaul and Britain the silver coins in circulation were clipped down to reduce their weight and the few new ones struck in Gaul were produced to a much reduced weight standard. Only the gold coinage was produced on a moderate scale, and came to dominate the currency. Of the three denominations in gold are solidus, semissis and tremissis. The coinages of the Visigoths, Sueves, Franks, Burgundians, Anglo-Saxons and Lombards were essentially mono-metallic in gold, with some very limited and local issues of small silver and bronze coins (nummus).