Artemide Aste s.r.l.
Auction 53E 5 Dec 2020
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Lombardic Italy. Uncertain King (Cleph to Authari) or Interregnum (574-584). AR Quarter Siliqua, struck in the name of Justin II, Ravenna (?) mint. Blundered legend. Diademed and draped bust right. / Staurogram with broad open bars, on pellet; six rayed star on either side; pellet to upper left; all within wreath. Cf. Ranieri 428 (1/2 Siliqua); MIB X 5; Cf. MEC 1, 295-7 (in the name of Justinian I); Arslan -; BMC Vandals 16. AR. 0.57 g. 12.00 mm. RR. Sound metal. Very rare and in excellent condition for issue. Obverse die shift. Superb old cabinet tone, with a hint of iridescence. Good VF/EF.
Cleph (572-574) succeeded Alboin, to whom he was not related by blood. He extended the Lombard dominion over all of Northern Italy, Tuscany and brought Lombard authority to the gates of Ravenna. He was assassinated by a slave he had mistreated. His death was followed by a ten-year interregnum, known as the Rule of the Dukes. His son, Authari, took the throne in 58 AD.
Cleph (572-574) succeeded Alboin, to whom he was not related by blood. He extended the Lombard dominion over all of Northern Italy, Tuscany and brought Lombard authority to the gates of Ravenna. He was assassinated by a slave he had mistreated. His death was followed by a ten-year interregnum, known as the Rule of the Dukes. His son, Authari, took the throne in 58 AD.