CNG 100, Lot: 345. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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VISIGOTHS, Gaul. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. AV Tremissis (15mm, 1.35 g, 6h). In the name of Byzantine emperor Anastasius I (491-518). Narbonne mint. (retrograde C)N ΛNΛSTΛ-SIVS P P ΛVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; cross above / IICTORYΛ ΛCESTOΛII, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond; IONO. Tomasini Group A4b, 102; MEC 1, –. Good VF, toned. Rare with cross above portrait.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, August 1982.