361, Lot: 21. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Zeno. Second reign, AD 476-491. AV Tremissis (14mm, 1.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cross within wreath; •CONOB••. RIC X 3662 (single pellet to either side of mint mark); Depeyrot 93/2 var. (same); J.P.C. Kent, “The coinage of Theodoric in the names of Anastasius and Justin I,” Essays Baldwin pl. VIII, 23 (same dies). Good VF, toned, a few faint scratches on reverse. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Coin Galleries (19 August 1987), lot 14.