1/2 Siliqua - Perctarit Nine dots

Perctarit ruled the Lombard Kingdom twice — deposed in 661, he spent years in exile at the Frankish court before reclaiming Pavia in 671. This coin belongs to his second reign, a period of relative consolidation after decades of dynastic instability. The nine-dot arrangement distinguishing this variety from related types is recognized in Arslan's classification as a discrete emission, though its precise mint attribution within the Lombard territories remains unresolved. At 0.29g, these fractional siliquae were already well below the late Roman weight standard they nominally imitated — a gradual debasement that tracks the kingdom's drift away from imperial monetary conventions.