THE LOMBARDS
Unscribed with monogram of PER (for Pectarit, 672-688)
Half siliqua end 7th century, AR 0.29 g. Diademed head r. Rev. PRX (monogram), with one pellet above, three to l., three in the middle and two to r. All within wreath. BMC Vandals 15 ff. Bernareggi in Annali 12-14, pl. XXII, 12. Arslan 23 ff. MEC I, cf. 328 ff.
Rare. Old cabinet tone and good very fine
This coinage starts as biface, having on the obverse an imperial bust without inscription, but later issues, during the second quarter of the 8th century, are uniface and have only the monogram, cf. MEC I, p. 459.