CNG 100, Lot: 405. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOMBARDS, Beneventum. Gregory. 732-739. AV Solidus (21mm, 3.97 g, 6h). In the name of Byzantine emperor Justinian II (685-695, 705-711). D N I –IVS P P, crowned bust facing, holding globus cruciger / VICTOR VςVS* (S rerograde), cross potent set on three steps; CONOB. CNI XVIII 6; BMC Vandals p. 159. VF, toned, flan crack. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 20 (2 November 2000), lot 29.