THE LOMBARDS
Transalpine Area
Pseudo-Imperial Coinage . Tremissis, Pannonia (?) mid 6th century, AV 1.45 g. Pseudo-legend Pearl- diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r.; in r. field, star. Rev. Pseudo-legend Victory standing facing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand and wreath in r. MEC I, –.
Extremely rare. Good very fine
Ex Vecchi sale 16, 1999, 602.
Possibly minted in Pannonia before the arrival of The Lombards in Italy, this tremissis if of the highest interest and rarity. We could not find anything close in the existing bibliography. The only coin that vaguely resembles this issue is a tremissis found in the Longobard necropolis of Cella-San Giovanni presso Cividale (cf. Forum Iuli vol. IV/1980).