Lombards, Beneventum. Grimoald III AV Solidus. AD 792-806. GRIM - ⧾ - VAL D, crowned and bearded bust facing, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger / VICTORV (four pellets) PRINCIP, cross potent on globe set on three steps, two triangles flanking base; G-R across fields, C•ONO•B in exergue. LBSI 68; MIR 199; CNI pp. 156-7, 22-8; MEC 1, 1101; Oddy 457 = BMC Vandals p. 172, 11, p. 23, 8. 3.77g, 21mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. Rare.
From a private UK collection;
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, eLive Auction 42, 18 October 2016, lot 375.