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Description: Lombards, Beneventum (nowdays Benevento. Grimoald III, with Charlemagne, king of the Franks. As Duke, 788-792. AV Solidus (3.87 g, 6h). Type 2. GRIM (wedge) (wedge) VALD, crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger DOMS CAR•(monogram), cross potent on three steps; G R flanking, four pellets above, pellets flanking base; VICD. Oddy 445; CNI XVIII 5; BMC Vandals 7; Depeyrot 141B; MEC 1, 1098. Near EF, lightly toned. Very rare. From the Marc Poncin Collection.
Title: Grimoald III solidus 74000878
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