432, Lot: 396. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OSTROGOTHS. temp. Athalaric to Witigis. 526-540. AV Tremissis (15.5mm, 1.55 g, 6h). In the name of Byzantine emperor Justinian I (527-565). Rome or Ravenna mint. Struck circa 527/30-539. D N IVSTINI ΛNVS P Γ ΛVC, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIΛ ΛVIISTORVM, Victory advancing right on ground line with pellet at each end, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB. COI 37 (Rome or Ravenna); MIB 29 (Rome); cf. MEC 1, 123-4 (for type). VF, hint of die rust, minor scratch on reverse, slightly way flan.