CNG 88, Lot: 1738. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OSTROGOTHS. Theoderic. 493-526. AR Quarter Siliqua (11mm, 0.67 g, 6h). In the name of Byzantine emperor Anastasius I. Ravenna mint. Struck circa 493-518. DN ANAS TASIVS VC, pearl-diademed and mantled bust right / Monogram of Theoderic; cross above; all within wreath. COI 45c var. (legend); Ranieri 249 var. (same); MIB 39b (Rome); MEC 1, 118 (Rome). VF, toned. Well struck for issue.

From the J.-P. Righetti Collection, 252. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group E-Auction 116 [15 June 2005]), lot 345 (expertly conserved since).