CNG 100, Lot: 378. Estimate $750. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOMBARDS, Lombardy. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. AV Tremissis (20mm, 1.37 g, 6h). In the name of Byzantine emperor Maurice Tiberius (582-602). Δ И MΛVR-C TЬ P Ь VI, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VNTORΓVΛΛIVITORVИ, Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; + to right; CONOЯ. Arslan Type I, 12 var.; BMC Vandals 26 var.; MEC 1, 304 var. (all with slightly different legends). Near EF, toned, a few edge marks, short flan crack.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Virgil Brand Collection (Part 1, Sotheby’s, 1 July 1982), lot 85; Max Verworn Collection (A. Hess, 14 June 1922), lot 227.