412, Lot: 746. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEROVINGIANS, Uncertain. Circa 725-750. AR denier (13mm, 1.21 g). Large A with top forming partial cross / Large retrograde swastika; pellets in quarters. NM –; cf. Belfort 5694 (for general type) and 5941 (for general reverse type [attributed to Arvernum (Clermont-Ferrand)]); MEC 1, –; EMC 1990.5003 (this coin). EF, darkly toned.

From the Norman Frank Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 1649; found near Bedford, 1990.