343, Lot: 660. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNCERTAIN GERMANIC TRIBES, Pseudo-Imperial coinage. Early to Mid to 6th century AD. AV Tremissis (16mm, 1.48 g, 6h). Imitating a tremissis of Justinian I. Uncertain mint. [D N] IVSTNI ΛNVS PP ΛVC, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTOIIΛ ΛVCVITOIIVΛ, Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; COИOB. Cf. SB 145 (for prototype); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. VF, light toning in devices, areas of weak strike, slightly wavy flan.

The style of the portrait suggests a group familiar with Vandalic issues