Triton XVII, Lot: 897. Estimate $750. Sold for $3400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OSTROGOTHS. Theodahad. 534-536. Æ 40 Nummi – Follis (25mm, 9.55 g, 7h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. Mantled bust right, wearing ornate Spangenhelm and large pectoral cross / Victory standing right on prow of galley, holding wreath and palm frond; S C across field. COI 89b, die study 3b (D2/M8 – this coin referenced and illustrated); MIB 81; MEC 1, 141-2. VF, attractive brown patina.

Ex Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong (Classical Numismatic Group 90 (23 May 2012), lot 1972; Sotheby’s (9 October 1995), lot 378.