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1 Tremissis - Aistulf / In the name of Uncertain Monogram
| Issuer | Lombardy and Tuscany |
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| Year | 749-756 |
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| Diameter | 23 mm |
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| Reverse description | Winged figure of Saint Michael depicted facing left in full length, holding a long staff in one hand and a shield in the other, rendered in a schematic, flat style consistent with Lombard hammered gold coinage of the mid-eighth century. The figure occupies the central field and is enclosed by a circular Latin legend. The treatment of the archangel reflects debased Byzantine iconographic conventions, with simplified drapery and stylized wings. The surrounding legend reads SCS MICHAEL, identifying the archangel as patron. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Aistulf seized Ravenna from the Byzantine Exarchate in 751, extinguishing imperial administrative control over northern Italy after nearly two centuries — a rupture significant enough that Pope Stephen II crossed the Alps to appeal personally to Pepin III. These tremisses struck in his name occupy precisely that violent interlude, issued by a king whose territorial ambitions directly triggered Frankish intervention and, eventually, the political architecture of the medieval papacy.
The uncertain monogram attribution reflects genuine scholarly disagreement about issuing authority rather than a cataloging gap.