Watch List notes:

LOMBARDS, Beneventum. Grimoald III, with Charlemagne, king of the Franks. 788-806. AV Tremissis (17mm, 1.28 g, 6h). Struck 788-792. GRIM – – VΛLD, crowned bust facing, holding globus cruciger / DOMS CAR • (RX), cross potent; cross of four pellets above, ς-R across central field, pellet to either side of base; VIC(triangle). CNI XVIII 9; BMC Vandals 6. Good VF, toned, thin flan crack. Rare.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 2 (17 April 1984), lot 669.