Solidus - Romoald II in the name of Justinian II

Romoald II governed Benevento through a period of sustained Lombard consolidation in southern Italy, yet continued striking coinage in the name of a Byzantine emperor — Justinian II — whose second reign ended in 711 when he was overthrown and executed. That this practice persisted well past Justinian's death, likely into the 720s, tells you something about how slowly imperial legitimating fictions updated at the periphery. The electrum content is noticeably debased relative to Constantinople's contemporary solidi, a degradation Oddy's metallurgical survey quantifies precisely.