Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Tremissis - Cunincpert
| Issuer | Lombard Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Year | 688-700 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Tremissis |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Frontal bust of the king, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed, facing right, with a letter in the field before the face. The effigy is rendered in the late antique Byzantine tradition typical of Lombard gold coinage. The bust is enclosed within a beaded border, surrounded by a Latin legend reading across the field. The style reflects the influence of Byzantine tremissis prototypes adapted under Lombard royal authority. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Cunincpert ruled the Lombard Kingdom from 688 following the assassination of his father Perctarit's co-ruler arrangements, consolidating power after defeating the rival claimant Alahis at the Battle of the Adda in 689. His gold tremisses continued the Lombard practice of issuing coinage in imitation of Byzantine prototypes — a deliberate act of fiscal pragmatism in a kingdom whose monetary economy depended on compatibility with Byzantine trade networks in northern Italy. The Arslan classification distinguishes multiple die groupings within this type, and attribution between them remains contested among specialists working from the MIR corpus.