Seldom Offered Spanish Tremissis

CNG 100, Lot: 278. Estimate $3000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Tremissis (28mm, 1.51 g, 6h). Mint in Spain (Cartagena?). Struck 550-565. D N IVSTINI-ANVS [P] P AV, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVCVSTORH, Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB. DOC (376) var. (rev. legend); MIBE 27; SB 343. VF, minor die rust. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 25 (25 June 2003), lot 628.