246, Lot: 518. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OSTROGOTHS. Baduila. 541-552. Æ Decanummium (15mm, 4.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa 549/50-552. Crowned and mantled facing bust, holding cross or globus cruciger / D N B/LD(retrograde)V/ILL REX in four lines across fields; all within wreath. COI 97a; MIB 86; cf. MEC 1, 157-9. Near VF, dark green patina.