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1 Tremissis - Cunincpert With hand in field
| Issuer | Kingdom of the Lombards |
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| Year | 688-700 |
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| Weight | 1.41 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cunincpert ruled the Lombard kingdom from 688 following the violent overthrow of his cousin Alahis, and his coinage reflects a transitional moment in which Lombard kings were still issuing gold tremisses in conscious imitation of Byzantine prototypes — borrowing imperial authority they did not formally possess. The "hand in field" variety distinguishes a specific die grouping within MEC 1, 300-302, the hand almost certainly derived from the Byzantine manus Dei motif, repurposed here without its original theological program into something closer to a mint or workshop mark.