CNG 100, Lot: 347. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VISIGOTHS, Gaul. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. AV Tremissis (14mm, 1.32 g, 6h). In the name of Byzantine emperor Justin I (518-527). Narbonne mint. D N IVSTI-IIVS ΛIIC, stylized, diademed bust right; cross on chest / VICTΘIΛ Λ-V-STORVΛ , Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond; [C]ONOB. Tomasini Group JI3, 210 var. (legends); cf. MEC 1, 189. EF, toned. Exceptional.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Galerie des Monnaies (25 July 1981), lot 500.