LOMBARDS, Lombardy. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. AV Tremissis (21mm, 1.48 g, 6h). In the name of Byzantine emperor Maurice Tiberius (582-602). D N MVI C P P P VI, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / RNROIVIVIVORNR (partially retrograde and inverted), Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; IOИOI. Arslan Type II, 18 var. (slightly different legends); BMC Vandals –; MEC 1, 306 var. (same). Traces of deposits and underlying luster. EF.
From the Richard L. Horst Collection. Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Part I, Classical Numismatic Group 100, 7 October 2015), lot 379; purchased from M. Louis Teller, August 1980.