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1 Tremissis In the name of Justin II, Victory facing left, small ribbon
| Issuer | Lombard Kingdom |
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| Year | 568-690 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of the emperor facing right, rendered in the late antique Byzantine imperial style. The effigy is surrounded by a Latin legend reading D N IVSTI - NVS PP AVC, identifying the coin as struck in the name of Justin II. The portrait displays the characteristic frontal stylization of Lombard imitative coinage, with the diadem formed of a string of pearls. |
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| Reverse description | Winged Victory standing facing left, holding a small ribbon or wreath in her extended hands, with a star in the right field. The figure is rendered in a stylized, degenerate manner characteristic of Lombard imitative tremisses derived from Byzantine prototypes. The exergual inscription CONOB, denoting the gold standard of Constantinople, appears within or below the design, and the surrounding legend reads VICTORIA AVCVSTORVN, invoking the victory of the August. |
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The Lombards entered Italy in 568 under Alboin, displacing Byzantine administrative control with remarkable speed. Their early gold coinage mimicked imperial types precisely because Byzantine solidi and tremisses were the recognized trade currency of the Mediterranean world — using them was not deference, it was pragmatism. Over the course of a century, Lombard dies gradually degraded these prototypes into increasingly schematic forms, making precise attribution within the series genuinely difficult. The "cf." qualifiers across all three references here are honest: no clean match exists, which is entirely normal for this type.