225, Lot: 606. Estimate $100. Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OSTROGOTHS. Uncertain king. Early to mid 6th century. Æ 42 Nummi (28mm, 8.80 g, 7h). Re-tariffed imperial issue of Titus. Mark of valuation (XLII) cut into obverse of an as of Titus with Spes reverse (RIC II 1031). COI -; Morrisson, Re-use 19; MIB I -; MEC 1, -. Fair, rough green patina. Rare.

From the Giamba Collection.

Such re-use of imperial coins is not definitively attributed to the Ostrogoths in Italy. Hahn (MIB I) argues that the marks were applied by Vandals in Carthage.