1. Artemide Aste
  2. Artemide LVII (30 Aprile - 1 Maggio 2022)
  3. Barbaric and Migration Period Coinage
Handsome Gregory Solidus
Lotto 588:
The Lombards at Beneventum. Gregory (732-739/740). AV Solidus in the name of Justinian II, 732-739 AD. Obv. DNI (blundered) ИVS (S retrograde) PP (uncertain letter). Crowned and bearded bust facing, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger. Rev. VIVIToR-ΔVϚVS (S retrograde) pellet. Cross potent on globe set on three steps; G to left, CONOB in exergue. Cf. MIR (Italia merid.) 154; Cf. MEC 1, 1089; Cf. CNI pp. 134-5, 44-55; cf. LBSI 27; cf. Sambon 388. AV. 4.13 g. 21.00 mm. R. Rare and in excellent condition for issue. Lovely light warm patina, with reddish hues. About EF. According to MEC (1, p.575) it is not certain how coins with G in the reverse field should be distributed between Gregory, Gottschalk and Gisulf II.
Gregory (died 739/740) was a nephew of Liutprand , who appointed him Duke of Beneventum in 732 or thereabouts after removing both the usurper Audelais and the minor Gisulf II.
He was married to Giselperga.
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