281, Lot: 511. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VANDALS. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. Circa late 5th-mid 6th century. Æ Nummus (9mm, 1.02 g, 12h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right within border of dots / Staurogram; four pellets around. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. BMC Vandals 158 = MIB N15 (“Thrasamund”) for similar type with some traces of lettering. Good VF, dark green patina, deposits on bottom portion of reverse.