Lot 573:
The Lombards in Tuscany. Pseudo-Imperial Coinage. AV Tremissis, in the name of Heraclius (610-641) c. 620-700 AD. Obv. DN HCRACL – I PERP AVS Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VITORIAAVCISTORVN. Cross potent; below, CONOB (B inverted). MEC 1, -; BMC Vandals cf. 31-38; Arslan –. AV. 1.52 g. 15.00 mm. RR. Very rare and choice. Minor areas of flatness, beside the borders and slightly bent flan, otherwise. about EF. According to Kent, this coin is a Lombard imitation of an official Byzantine issue produced in an uncertain western mint. The cross on the diadem is typical of the contemporary coinage of Ravenna.
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