★ Lombardic Municipal Issues ★

LOMBARDS, Tuscany. Municipal coinage. Circa 700-750. Pale AV Tremissis (16mm, 1.20 g, 3 or 9h). Lucca mint. + FLAVIA LVCA, stellate symbol within circle; leaves in voids / VIVIVIVIVIVIVIVIVIV, cross potent; star above and below. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 67 (for a similar Lucca issue, but in the name of Aistulf) ; Bernareggi 206; Bernareggi, Moneta 18; BMC Vandals 1 var. (pellet); MEC 1, 319. Toned, areas of weak strike. VF.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from B&H Kreindler. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 89 (29 November 2015), lot 58.