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1 Tremissis Torso with six sections, without B
| Issuer | Tuscany, Duchy of |
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| Year | 672-700 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A bold equal-armed cross potent, centrally placed within a beaded inner circle, with a small pellet or wedge at the base forming a tau-like appearance. The cross is boldly rendered in high relief against a plain field, surrounded by a continuous border of large beads or pellets forming a neat circular frame. The overall design is derived from Byzantine tremissis reverses but rendered in a distinctly Lombard-Tuscan local style. The surrounding legend is degenerate and blundered beyond legibility. |
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| Reverse lettering | VMIOHVAVHOIHVN |
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This tremissis belongs to a cluster of pseudo-imperial gold struck in late seventh-century Tuscany during the long administrative unraveling that followed the Lombard conquest of northern and central Italy. The "torso with six sections" type — a degraded echo of late Byzantine imperial imagery — reflects decades of die-cutters working from increasingly remote prototypes, producing abstractions rather than portraits. The absence of the B pellet, which distinguishes this from closely related varieties in the Bern systematic classification, likely reflects a specific workshop or die sequence rather than any deliberate monetary decision.