1 Tremissis - Desiderius Ticinum/Pavia

Desiderius was the last Lombard king, installed in 757 with Frankish backing before his ambitions — including sheltering Charlemagne's nephews and pressing claims on papal territories — brought him into fatal conflict with his former ally. Charlemagne crossed the Alps in 773, and by June 774 Pavia had fallen after a siege of nearly a year. Desiderius was deposed and sent to a Frankish monastery, ending over two centuries of Lombard rule in Italy.

The Ticinum mint, operating from the Lombard royal capital at Pavia, struck tremisses throughout his reign in close imitation of Byzantine gold. The Arslan 76 attribution places this piece within a tightly defined group tied specifically to that mint's late output.