| Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 3068 Price realized: Unsold | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Lombards, Aistulf Æ 15mm. Ravenna, dated IY 6 = AD 752/3. Traces of legend: [D N AISTVLF PRN], bearded, 'uncrowned' draped bust of Aistulf facing, holding in right hand a globe surmounted by a patriarchal(?) cross; hair parted frontally in the Lombard fashion, and apparently wearing a diadem surmounted by a cross / Traces of legend: [D N AISTVLF RX], crowned and bearded bust of Aistulf facing, wearing robes of state, holding sceptre (although it has been described by some as a spear), possibly terminating in a cross(?): S in right field representing an indictional date letter (6 = AD 752/3). See forthcoming article M.D. O'Hara, with I. Vecchi, "A Possible Honour for Aistulf, King of the Lombards (A.D.749-756): A New Follis with an Enigmatic Legend"; Ranieri 850 = CNG Triton VII, 1070; CNG Triton X, 876. 1.00g, 15mm, 6h. Fair. The third recorded example. Ex Numismatica Tintinna, E-Sale 80, 11 May 2019, lot 477; Ex Artemide Aste s.r.l. (San Marino), Auction XLIX, 28-29 April 2018, lot 337. This heretofore unknown coin type is evidence of Aistulf's proclamation of himself as princeps, perhaps following his successful invasion of Ravenna and Papal territories in AD 750/1. Estimate: 300 GBP |  |
