CNG 100, Lot: 336. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OSTROGOTHS. Theoderic. 493-526. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.42 g, 6h). In the name of Byzantine emperor Anastasius (491-518). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. D N ANASTA-SIVS P P AVG, diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / VICTORI-A AVCCC:, Victory standing left, holding long, jeweled cross; MD monogram to left, star to right; CONOB. COI 22 (this coin, illustrated on pl. III); MIB –; MEC 1, –. VF, scratches in fields. Extremely rare, the only specimen cited by Metlich with two pellets at end of reverse legend.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 2 (27 April 1984), lot 660.