Catalog
| Issuer | Duchy of Tuscany |
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| Year | 672-700 |
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| Reference(s) | MEC I#316, BMC Vandal#1, BernSistem#16a |
| Obverse description | Crude facing bust of a ruler depicted in a highly stylized, barbaric manner, the torso divided into ten sections rendered as a grid or ladder pattern, suggesting a draped or segmented garment. The head is shown frontally with schematic facial features and what appears to be a diademed or helmeted crown. The letter B appears prominently to the right of the bust in the field. A degenerate Latin legend surrounds the design, largely unintelligible, reflecting the declining epigraphic standards of late Lombard coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central cross pattée rendered in a highly stylized and degenerate fashion, flanked by two annulets or circular pellet groups in the field, the whole encircled by a beaded border. The design is characteristic of late Lombard tremisses, where the reverse cross motif — ultimately derived from Byzantine prototypes — has been reduced to a schematic, almost abstract form. A degenerate pseudo-legend of degraded Latin letterforms surrounds the central device, no longer legible as a coherent inscription. |
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