CNG 109, Lot: 778. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOMBARDS, Beneventum. Grimoald III, with Charlemagne, king of the Franks. 788-806. AV Tremissis (17mm, 1.24 g, 7h). Struck 788-792. + GRIM – – VΛLD, crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger / DOMS (four pellets) CAR • (RX), cross potent; G R across field, pellets flanking base; VIC(wedge). Oddy 444; CNI XVIII 8; BMC Vandals 1; MEC 1, 1098. Near VF, traces of deposits in devices, hairline die break on edge of obverse.

Ex Gemini VIII (14 April 2011), lot 533.