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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     810204      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Central Europe and Italy Region:     Beneventum City:     Princes Issuer:     Grimoald III and Charlemagne Date Ruled:     788-789 AD Metal:     Gold Denomination:     Solidus Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 788-792 Diameter:     21 mm Weight:     3.81 g Die Axis:     6 h Obverse Legend:     +GRIM (wedge) (wedge) VALD Obverse Description:     Crowned and draped facing bust, holding globus cruciger Reverse Legend:     DOMS CAR• ligate RX / S - R / VICΔ Reverse Description:     Cross potent on three steps; G R flanking, four pellets above, pellets flanking base; VICΔ Primary Reference:     Oddy 445 Reference2:     CNI XVIII 5 Reference3:     BMC Vandals 3-5 Reference4:     cf. MEC 1, 1098 (tremissis) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=120517 Grade:     Near EF, bezel removed Notes:     Very rare. Ruling Beneventum from 788 until his death in 806, tried to strike a balance between his own rule and a recognition of Frankish overlordship in Italy. In 787, he and his elder brother Romoald had been sent by their father, Arechisas, hostages to Charlemagne, who by then controlled the Italian peninsula as far as Salerno, and demanded the submission of Beneventum as well. In return for peace, Arechis recognized Charlemagne's overlordship while handing over his sons as hostages.When his father and brother both died in 788, Grimoald was allowed to return to Italy. While he recognized Charlemagne as overlord, he was permitted a certain amount of autonomy to help defend Italy from any further Byzantine encroachment. That same year, Grimoald faced a Byzantine-sponsored invasion of Lombardy, led by Adalgis, the son of the last Lombard king. Assisted by a Frankish army, Grimoald defeated the Byzantine force as it attempted to make land. Bolstered by this success, Grimoald tried to declare independence from Frankish authority, and was successful for a brief period. In 792 Charlemagne's sons, Pepin, King of Italy and Charles the Younger, forced Grimoald to submit and reacknowledge Frankish overlordship, bringing Grimoald’s independence to an end.

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