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1 Tremissis With line above, S to the left
| Issuer | Lucca, City of |
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| Year | 700-750 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the interlaced monogram of Lucca, composed of angular and curved strokes forming a ligature of the city's Latin name. A short horizontal line appears above the monogram, serving as a diacritical or decorative mark. A retrograde S is positioned to the left of the monogram in the field. The design is rendered in a schematic, abstract style characteristic of early medieval Lombard coinage, enclosed within a plain inner border. |
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| Mint | Lucca |
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Lucca was among the most active gold-minting centers in Lombard Italy, operating its mint with unusual continuity through the eighth century even as Byzantine and Frankish monetary influence competed for dominance across the peninsula. This tremissis type — distinguished by the line above and the S to the left — represents one of several die variants catalogued within what is effectively an anonymous civic coinage, struck in the name of no king and no emperor, an administrative arrangement that sets Luccan output apart from contemporary Lombard royal issues.