225, Lot: 605. Estimate $100. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OSTROGOTHS. Uncertain king. Early to mid 6th century. Æ 42 Nummi (24mm, 5.90 g, 7h). Re-tariffed imperial issue of Galba. Mark of valuation (XLII) cut into obverse of an as of Galba with Vesta on reverse (cf. RIC I 375). COI -; Morrisson, Re-use -; MIB I -; MEC 1, -. Fair, rough green patina. Rare.

From the Giamba Collection.

Such re-use of imperial coins is not definitively attributed to the Ostrogoths in Italy. Hahn (MIB I) argues that the marks were applied by Vandals in Carthage.