Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction 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.
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 Apparently unpublished - a variant with possible pellet at the end of the legend or unformed letter.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

Match 1:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 115Auction date: 21 December 2023
Lot number: 1344

Price realized: 1,000 GBP   (Approx. 1,267 USD / 1,154 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. In the name of Zeno. Rome, AD 476-489. D N ZENO PERP F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Γ•, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, •COMOB• in exergue. RIC X 3655; Ladich p. 11; MEC 1, -; BMC Vandals -; DOC -; Lacam pls. 50-1, 10-24. 4.33g, 21mm, 7h.

Good Very Fine. Very Rare.

Estimate: 500 GBP

Match 2:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 1513

Price realized: 800 GBP   (Approx. 1,013 USD / 933 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. In the name of Zeno. Rome, AD 476-489. D N ZENO PERP F AVG (Z retrograde), pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Γ•, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, •COMOB• in exergue. RIC X 3656; Depeyrot 90/1; Lacam pls. 50-1, 10-24. 4.38g, 20mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine. Extremely rare with partially retrograde obv. legend.

Estimate: 500 GBP

Match 3:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 1417

Price realized: 1,200 GBP   (Approx. 1,513 USD / 1,401 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. In the name of Zeno. Rome, AD 476-489. D N ZENO PERP F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Γ•, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, •COMOB• in exergue. RIC X 3655; Ladich p. 11; MEC 1, -; BMC Vandals -; DOC -; Lacam pls. 50-1, 10-24. 4.44g, 21mm, 7h.

Extremely Fine. Very Rare.

Estimate: 500 GBP

Match 4:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 574

Price realized: 950 GBP   (Approx. 1,203 USD / 1,108 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. In the name of Zeno. Ravenna, AD 476-489. D N ZENO PERP F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG N̄, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. RIC X 3632; Depeyrot 43/1; DOCLR -; Lacam pl. 52, 39-44. 4.39g, 20mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine; 'X' graffito in obv. field. Extremely Rare.

Estimate: 1250 GBP

Match 5:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 575

Price realized: 1,400 GBP   (Approx. 1,773 USD / 1,633 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. In the name of Zeno. Rome, AD 476-489. D N ZENO PERP F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG :, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3651; cf. Depeyrot 78/2 (Nepos); Lacam pl. 50, 1 (same obv. die); Roma XXVIII, 689 (same obv. die). 4.31g, 21mm, 7h.

Extremely Fine. Very Rare.

Estimate: 1500 GBP