Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1298. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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VANDALS. temp. Gaiseric to Gunthamund. Circa 440-490. AR Siliqua (1.78 g, 12h). Imitative Group. Pseudo-Ravenna mint in Carthage. Struck in the name of Honorius. D N HON[ORI VS P F ΛVG], pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VRBS [ROMA], Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and scepter; R[VPS]. MEC 1, 1-3; Morrisson & Schwartz 21 (this coin, illustrated); BMC Vandals 6-9. VF, lightly toned, a few light scratches, minor porosity, hairline flan crack.