Italy, Lombards,
Liutprand (712-744),
ITALY, LOMBARDS,
Tremissis, 1.23g, diademed and draped bust right, M to right, rev. Saint Michael left, holding a cross and a shield ; SCS M IIIΛIIIL, S retrograde (Bernareggi 80 ; BMC Vandals 143, 1 var. ; CNI IV 462, 15 var. ; Arslan 48 var.).
PROVENANCE: Elsen, auction 111, 10 December 1022, lot 526 ; Elsen, auction 39, 8 April 1995, lot 281.
Rare, scratch to obverse, extremely fine.