CNG 100, Lot: 390. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LOMBARDS, Tuscany. Municipal coinage. Circa 700-750. AV Tremissis (16mm, 1.36 g). Lucca mint. +FLAVIA LVCA, star / •VIVIVIVIVIVIVIVIV, cross potent. Bernareggi 205; Bernareggi,
Moneta 18; BMC Vandals 1; cf. MEC 1, 319 (star above and below cross). VF, toned, flan cracks. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part II, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 October 1984), lot 562 (purchased from St. Louis Stamp & Coin Company, 22 February 1922).