Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1135. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OSTROGOTHS. Baduila. 541-552. Æ Decanummium (4.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa 549/50-552. Mantled facing bust, wearing ornate Spangenhelm and large pectoral cross, holding cross or globus cruciger / Figure in military attire standing right, holding spear and shield; mark of value to right. COI 98b; MIB 90b; MEC 1, 162. VF, green patina, some roughness. Very rare.

From the Giamba Collection.