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1 Tremissis - Desiderius Piacenza
| Issuer | Lombard Kingdom |
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| Year | 757-774 |
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| Currency | Tremissis (653-774) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized cross pattée or wheel-cross motif rendered in a bold, rudimentary style characteristic of Lombard coinage. The cross is surrounded by a beaded inner circle, with a granular or pellet-decorated border enclosing the design. The legend D N DESIDERIVS RX (Our Lord Desiderius, King) runs around the periphery in crude Latin capitals. The overall design reflects the degenerate late-antique coinage tradition adapted by Lombard moneyers, with irregular flan and rough hammered surfaces typical of eighth-century Italian gold tremisses. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a prominent cross pattée at center, with arms of roughly equal length, set within a beaded inner circle. The field around the cross is plain, and the peripheral legend FL · A · PLACENTIAG (Gold of Piacenza) identifies the mint and confirms the gold fineness in abbreviated Latin. The lettering is arranged in crude, unevenly spaced capitals consistent with Lombard workshop practice. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, typical of hand-struck tremisses of the Desiderian period produced at the Piacenza mint. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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