Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2237. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VISIGOTHS, Spain. Leovigild (?). AD 568-586. AV Tremissis (1.23 g, 6h). Toledo(?) mint. Struck circa AD 573-578. CVRRIO + OIRRVS (final two Rs retrograde), diademed and draped bust right; cross with crescents at corners on drapery / VI-VRT- N (N retrograde) LVRRV (final two Rs retrograde), Victory advancing right, holding palm and wreath, • between legs; ONO (N retrograde). Tomasini, Group C3, 590; cf. Miles, Visigoths Type H, 8; cf. Chaves 79-81; MEC 1, 207 var. (obv. legend). EF, toned.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.