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1 Tremissis - Desiderius / In the name of Uncertain Monogram

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Issuer Lombardy and Tuscany (Lombard Kingdom)
Król Desiderius (756-774)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 757-774
Value 1 Tremissis
Currency Tremissis (653-774)
Composition Złoto
Weight 1.05 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
144797
References BernSistem# 157
Ernesto Bernareggi; 1960. Il sistema economico e la monetazione dei Longobardi nell'Italia superiore. Mario Ratto, Milan, Italy.
, Arslan# 62
Ermanno Alessio Arslan; 1978. Le monete di Ostrogoti, Longobardi e Vandali: catalogo delle Civiche Raccolte Numismatiche di Milano. Ripartizione Cultura e Spettacolo, Milan, Italy.

Obverse

Monogram otoczony legendą.Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
D N DESIDERIVS RX
CRX
N

Reverse

Uskrzydlony Święty Michał trzymający laskę i tarczę, zwrócony w lewo, otoczony legendą.Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering: SCS - IIIIIII

Edge

ZwykłyAutomatically translated

Comments

(en) The letter beneath the monogram is most likely the initial of the engraver, as it is in a similar position to the initials found on examples with busts on the obverse.

There is some mystery of what the monogram actually means. According to BMC Vandal, the monogram means Christianus Rex; according to Bernareggi, the monogram could mean Dominus Noster Rex. Another idea (proposed by Gariel) is that is means Charlemagne Rex, which would recognize his suzerainty over the Lombard Kingdom. Even so, making Dominus Noster Rex as a monogram would be redundant, Charlemagne was not king when the monogram was first used, and naming a Danish king would be odd.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (757-774)  (en) Possibly unique

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