Watch List notes:

THE LOMBARDS
Luca, 700-749

Autonomous municipal coinage. Tremissis circa 700-749, AV 1.17 g. Monogram of Lucca; on field, two stars. Rev. VVIVAVAAAVAVA Cross potent. BMC Vandals 3 var. (in field above, R). Bernareggi 200 var. (in field above, E). Arslan 84 var. (in field above, I and l. Α). MEC I, 318 var. (in field above, E).
An apparently unique variety of an extremely rare type. Several edge nicks,
bent and a flan crack, otherwise about extremely fine


Ex Ciani 1910, 954; M. Ratto, 22 July 1967, and Artemide Aste, 18 December 2005, 218 sales.