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GRIMOALD III and CHARLEMAGNE may 788 - november/december 806 GRIM - ⧾ - VAL DX. His draped bust crowned frontally, wearing the Chlamydia and holding a cruciger globe. R/. DOMS (four globules) CAR RX. Cross potentate cantoned with G-R. In exergue, VICA. ♦ Fr 106 p.543; MIR 185; CNI p. 155, 7; BMC Vandales p. 170, 1-2 Gold Tremissis (third of a penny) (788-792). (1,26 g) Very rare. Very beautiful. The first monetary issues of the Lombard duchy of Benevento were anonymous, but under Gisulf I (689-706), the duke's initial appeared on the coin. It wasn't until Grimoald III that the sovereign's name was written out in full. Grimoald III was the son of Arichis II (758-787), who established the Duchy of Benevento as a principality, but was forced to recognize Charlemagne's suzerainty at the end of his reign. When his father died, Grimoald was held hostage at Charlemagne's court. He succeeded him with the title of duke, as Charlemagne's vassal, and as such had to include the name of the King of the Franks on his charters and coins, which he did in the first part of his reign. But Grimoald soon rebelled, and in 792 regained the title of Prince of Benevento. He subsequently repelled various Frankish expeditions against him.
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GRIMOALD III and CHARLEMAGNE may 788 - november/december 806 GRIM - ⧾ - VAL DX. His draped bust crowned frontally, wearing the Chlamydia and holding a cruciger globe. R/. DOMS (four globules) CAR RX. Cross potentate cantoned with G-R. In exergue, VICA. ♦ Fr 106 p.543; MIR 185; CNI p. 155, 7; BMC Vandales p. 170, 1-2 Gold Tremissis (third of a penny) (788-792). (1,26 g) Very rare. Very beautiful. The first monetary issues of the Lombard duchy of Benevento were anonymous, but under Gisulf I (689-706), the duke's initial appeared on the coin. It wasn't until Grimoald III that the sovereign's name was written out in full. Grimoald III was the son of Arichis II (758-787), who established the Duchy of Benevento as a principality, but was forced to recognize Charlemagne's suzerainty at the end of his reign. When his father died, Grimoald was held hostage at Charlemagne's court. He succeeded him with the title of duke, as Charlemagne's vassal, and as such had to include the name of the King of the Franks on his charters and coins, which he did in the first part of his reign. But Grimoald soon rebelled, and in 792 regained the title of Prince of Benevento. He subsequently repelled various Frankish expeditions against him.
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