| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 581 Price realized: 1,700 GBP (Approx. 2,154 USD / 1,983 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Pseudo-imperial, uncertain (Ostrogoths?) AV Solidus. In the name of Justinian. Uncertain mint, temp. Athalaric - Witigis, AD 527- 536. D N IVSTINIANVS PΓ A V(struck over A below), pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVCCC •(?), Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long voided cross; star in left field, COWOB (sic) in exergue. Cf. Ladich 4 (Athalaric, Rome), 8 (Athalaric, Ravenna), 3 (Theodahad, Rome), 1 (Witigis, Ravenna); cf. COI 34 (Athalaric, Rome), 36b (Athalaric, Theodahad & Witigis, Ravenna); 38 (Baduila, Ticinum). 4.32g, 22mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Apparently unpublished - a variant with possible pellet at the end of the legend or unformed letter. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XXV, 22 September 2022, lot 1136; Previously acquired from Numismatik Lanz München, May 1999. Estimate: 500 GBP |  |
