Grimoald & Charlemagne

CNG 100, Lot: 424. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOMBARDS, Beneventum. Grimoald III, with Charlemagne, king of the Franks. 788-806. AV Solidus (22mm, 3.74 g, 6h). Struck 788-792. GRIM – – VΛL (DVX), crowned bust facing, holding globus cruciger / DOMS CAR • (RX), cross potent set on three steps; cross of four pellets above, ς-R across central field, pellet to either side of base; VIC(triangle). CNI XVIII 1; BMC Vandals p. 170. VF, toned, very short flan crack, once in jewelry. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part II, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 October 1984), lot 574 (purchased from J. Schulman, 15 March 1922).