Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 93 24 May 2016
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Liutprand, 717-744
Tremissis 717-744, AV 1.29 g. DN LIV – PRDN RX (RX ligate) Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r.; in r. field, cross and on drapery, G. Rev. SCS M – MAHIL St. Michael standing l., holding long cross and shield. BMC Vandals 1 var. (letters in place of cross). Bernareggi 87 ff. var. (letters in place of cross). Arslan 47 ff. var. (letters in place of cross). MEC I, 322 var. (letter in place of cross).
An apparently unrecorded symbol. About extremely fine
Ex Leu-NFA sale 16-18 October 1984, Garrett collection part II, 550.
After the death of Cunipert and Aripert II, the kingdom was in trouble and was convulsed by a period of dissension. The new king, Liutprand, was very aggressive and spent time in shifting alliances with the Byzantines, the Pope and taking control over the duchies of Spoletium and Beneventum. He had an alliance with Charles Martel, the Frankish king, against the Arabs.