CNG 100, Lot: 352. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VISIGOTHS, Spain. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. AV Tremissis (17mm, 1.42 g, 6h). “Curru” coinage. Toleto (Toledo) mint. (retrograde C)VRRVΛИ * * ИTΛV(retrograde R)(retrograde R)VC , stylized, diademed bust right; cross on chest / CV-VRVΛT-T+ИTΛV(retrograde R)(retrograde R)V(retrograde C), Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond; OИO. Tomasini Group C2, 560 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); cf. MEC 1, 207. EF, toned, flan crack running along edge. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.

The enigmatic Visigothic “curru” coins all feature some form of the word written backward and foreward. Most references assign them to the joint reign of Liuva and Leovigild or the early years of Leovigild’s sole reign.