The Lombards

CNG 100, Lot: 376. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOMBARDS, Lombardy. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. AV Tremissis (17mm, 1.44 g, 6h). In the name of Byzantine emperor Justin II (565-578). D N IVSTI-NVS P P AVC, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIΛ ΛVCVSTORVN, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONO. Arslan Type I, 2 var.; BMC Vandals 1 var.; MEC 1, 298 var. (all with CONOB, Victory’s head left). VF, flan a bit wavy.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Leu, December 1987.