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Auction LI  27-28 Apr 2019
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Lot 347

Starting price: 1000 EUR
Price realized: 1100 EUR
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The Lombards at Pavia. Authari (584-590) or Agilulf (590-615). AV Tremissis in the name of Maurice Tiberius. D/ DИ mVTI Tb PP VV. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R/ VITORI IV-IVИ ROIAIV. Stylized Victory standing facing, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger (?); in exergue, ONOI. Cf. Wroth 23 (Agilulf) -. Cf. MEC 1, 305-306. Cf. Arslan 18-19. AV. g. 1.23 mm. 22.50 R. Rare. Exceptionally broad flan. An outstanding example, brilliant and superb. Good EF.

The legends validate that this coin is an imitation of Maurice Tiberius' tremissis struck at the Ravenna mint. This type, with its larger flan, was resumd after the period of Cunipert (NAC 93, 1273 note).
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