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Lot # 736
The Lombards at Beneventum. Sicard (832-839). Pale AV Solidus. Obv. SIC (wedge) (wedge) ARDV• . Draped bust facing, wearing crown with cross and holding globus cruciger; wedge in right field. Rev. VICTOR •+ PRINCI. Cross potent on two steps; S-I, each with wedge beneath, flanking; below, CONOB (B retrograde). CNI XVIII, p. 174, 10; MEC 1, 1108; BMC Vandals 1. AV. 3.50 g. 23.00 mm. R. Rare and pleasant. Ragged edge and short hairline flan crack at nine o\'clock, otherwise. EF/About EF. Sicard was the son of Sico. His reign was characterised by the continuous wars with the Saracens and the Duchies of Naples, Sorrento and Amalfi, which he occupied in 838, moving some of its inhabitants to Salerno. Sicard was also a builder, having embellished Beneventum especially with churches. He was killed by a revolt of the Amalfitans, instigated by Radelchis treasurer of the Principality, which paved the way for a period of dissension and the definite division from Salerno. (NAC 93, 1340 note).