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Tremissis - Gisulf II in the name of Justinian II
| Issuer | Duchy of Benevento |
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| Year | 742-751 |
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| Diameter | 15 mm |
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| Obverse description | Frontal facing bust of the emperor depicted in a highly stylized, barbaric manner, crowned with a pearl diadem and draped in imperial robes. The effigy holds a cross scepter in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left, rendered in a flat, schematic style characteristic of Lombard provincial coinage. The face is broad and frontal with large eyes, a short beard, and pendilia flanking the crown. A peripheral Latin legend surrounds the bust within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | A long cross potent occupies the central field, flanked by a letter to the left and the monogram of Duke Gisulf II to the right, all rendered in the crude, angular style typical of Lombard Beneventan imitative coinage. The arrangement references the reverse type of Byzantine tremisses but is distinctly provincial in execution. A Latin legend encircles the design, incorporating the victory acclamation and the Constantinople mint mark CONOB, here used as a conventional reference to imperial authority rather than a true mint designation. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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