Watch List notes:

MEROVINGIANS, Pseudo-Imperial coinage. Uncertain. Circa 500-580. AV Tremissis (12mm, 1.42 g, 12h). Imitating a Visigothic issue of a tremissis of Anastasius I to Justinian I. Uncertain mint. Diademed and draped bust right; two pellets to either side; cross to right; pseudo-legend consisting largely of vertical stroke and single pellet around / Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond; pseudo-legend around. EMC 2018.0412 (this coin); cf. Tomasini 658; MEC 1 –. a few light scratches, die rust. Near VF. Rare. A heavy weight example with an English find spot.

Found near Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire, 2018.