CNG 100, Lot: 377. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOMBARDS, Lombardy. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. AV Tremissis (16mm, 1.52 g, 6h). In the name of Byzantine emperor Maurice Tiberius (582-602). D N MΛVΛ-C IIЬ P P VI, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIITOΛIΛ ΛVIVIVITOΛVN, Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; + to right; CONOΛ. Arslan Type I, 4, 7-11 var.; BMC Vandals 22-6 var.; MEC 1, 310-4 var. (all with slightly different legends). EF, lightly toned, minor encrustation.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part II, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 October 1984), lot 544 (purchased from Wayte Raymond, 1 August 1921).