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1 Tremissis In the name of Justin II, Victory facing right, with star and standing
| Issuer | Lombard Kingdom |
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| Year | 568-690 |
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| Value | 1 Tremissis |
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| Obverse description | Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Justin II facing right, rendered in the late antique Byzantine style typical of Lombard imitative coinage. The effigy displays a pearl diadem and layered drapery over the cuirass, with visible paludamentum. The surrounding legend reads D N IVSTI - NVS PP AVC, distributed across the obverse field in debased Latin capitals. The portrait, while derived from Byzantine prototypes, exhibits the characteristic stylization and reduced technical precision of Lombard workshop production. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Lombards crossed into Italy in 568 under Alboin, filling the vacuum left by the catastrophic Gothic Wars, and almost immediately began striking gold in the name of the reigning Eastern emperor — a deliberate political performance of legitimacy rather than submission. Justin II happened to be on the throne at that moment, which is why his name anchors the entire early series, even on coins struck long after his death in 578. The practice persisted across the reigns of several subsequent emperors before Lombard mints gradually asserted independent iconography.
The "cf." citations across all three references signal that no clean parallel exists — this piece sits in a transitional zone of the series where attribution remains contested among specialists.