1 Tremissis Torso with two sections

Issued under Lombard authority in late seventh-century Tuscany, this tremissis belongs to a transitional phase when local Lombard dukes were producing gold coinage that increasingly deviated from Byzantine prototypes — the "torso with two sections" type being among the more idiosyncratic regional adaptations. The Duchy of Tuscany under the Lombards operated with considerable monetary autonomy from Pavia, and the varied stylistic degeneration seen across these issues reflects decentralized minting rather than a single controlled workshop.

The MEC I and BMC Vandal attributions underscore the persistent classificatory difficulties surrounding this group — scholars have long debated whether pieces of this type originated at Lucca or another Tuscan center.