Watch List notes:

MEROVINGIANS

Reims, c. 670. Tremissis (Electrum or pale gold, 13mm, 1.02 g 12), anonymous issue. Male bust to right; around, wreath border. Rev. Monogram of AR within wreath; outside the wreath above, below, to left and to right, three pellets; wreath border. Belfort 391 (Clermont-Ferrand). P. Crinon, "Reims (Marne, France): corpus des monnaies mérovingiennes", RBN 149 (2003), p. 130, 48. NM III, p. 145, 36 (Clermont-Ferrand). Prou 1751 (Clermont-Ferrand). Very rare. A fine clear example struck on a broad flan. About extremely fine.

From the Cologny Collection.
Until 2003 this coin, and many others, had been ascribed to Clermont-Ferrand (Civitas Arvernorum) but in that year Crinon published his major study, which convincingly reattributed them to Reims. It should be noted that the obverse of this coin has often been described as having a palm branch before the bust: this is incorrect, what was termed a palm is simply part of the wreath border.