Very Rare Quarter Siliqua of Theia

CNG 84, Lot: 1650. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OSTROGOTHS. Theia. 552. AR Quarter Siliqua (12mm, 0.49 g, 6h). In the name of of Anastasius I. Ticinum mint. Diademed bust right, wearing Ostrogothic-style garment / D N/THE/IA •/RIX in four lines; all within wreath. COI 751 = MIB 69b2 (this coin); MEC 1 -. Good VF, toned, light scratch on obverse under tone. Very rare.

From the Peter Lee Collection. Ex Sternberg XIX (18 November 1987), lot 1110.