Artemide Aste s.r.l.
Auction L 3-4 Nov 2018
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The Lombards at Beneventum. Gottschalk (739-742). AV Solidus, in the name of Byzantine Emperor Leo III (717-741). D/ DN L-PPVGVƧ. Crowned bust facing, holding globus cruciger. R/ VI[ ]TOR A-VGTVS• Cross potent on four steps; in left field, G; in exergue, ϽONOB. BMC -. Arslan -. MEC -. Cfr. MIR 159. AV. g. 3.59 R. Rare. Edge irregularity, otherwise good VF.
During the reign of Liutprand, there was a difficult period and so the Beneventines were able to install the anti-royalist Gottschalk as duke. He started an alliance with Pope Gregory III and the Spoletans against Liutprand but the new Pope, Zacharias, preferred the king. Gottschalk tried to escape to Constantinople but was captured and deposed. These rare emissions in the name of Leo III could date back to the period in which the duke Gottschalk, rebelling against Liutprand, asked Leo III for protection. (NAC 93,1327 note).
During the reign of Liutprand, there was a difficult period and so the Beneventines were able to install the anti-royalist Gottschalk as duke. He started an alliance with Pope Gregory III and the Spoletans against Liutprand but the new Pope, Zacharias, preferred the king. Gottschalk tried to escape to Constantinople but was captured and deposed. These rare emissions in the name of Leo III could date back to the period in which the duke Gottschalk, rebelling against Liutprand, asked Leo III for protection. (NAC 93,1327 note).