Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1608. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $760. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Beneventum. Grimoald III, as Princeps. 788-806 AD. AV Tremissis (1.23 gm). Struck 792-806 AD. Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger / VITIR" PRINCIP, cross potent on base; V R/C•ONO•B. MEC 1, 1099 var. (rev. legend); CNI XVIII pg.157, 24 var. (same); BMC Vandals pg. 172, 14 var. (same). Good VF. Apparently unpublished variety. ($500)

From the Charles E. Weber Collection.