CNG 88, Lot: 1735. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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VANDALS. temp. Gaiseric to Gunthamund. Circa 440-490. AR Siliqua (15mm, 1.75 g, 7h). In the name of Roman emperor Honorius. Carthage mint. D N HONORI VS P F ΛVC, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VRBS ROMΛ, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and scepter; RVPS. MEC 1, 1-3 var. (legends); BMC Vandals 6-9 (Gaiseric). Good VF, toned, a few scratches. Unusually broad flan for issue.
From the J.-P. Righetti Collection, 229. Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group E-Auction 118 [13 July 2005]), lot 260; Stack's (3 May 1984), lot 1830.