Catalog
1 Tremissis Torso with fifteen sections
| Issuer | Tuscany, Duchy of |
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| Year | 672-700 |
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| Weight | 1.32 g |
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| Obverse description | Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust facing right, rendered in a stylized, debased manner characteristic of late Lombard-period coinage. The effigy is encircled by a degenerate, nonsensical legend composed of pseudo-Latin letterforms, reflecting the progressive deterioration of epigraphic standards in post-Byzantine Italian tremisses of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | VOAV - AVOAV |
| Reverse description | A bold equal-armed cross occupies the central field, executed in the hammered style typical of late 7th-century Italian gold coinage. The cross is encircled by a degenerate circular legend composed of debased, nonsensical Latin-style letterforms, consistent with the imitative and increasingly abstract character of Tuscan tremisses of the period. |
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