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The Burgundians

CNG 100, Lot: 438. Estimate $1500.
Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BURGUNDIANS. Gundobad. 473-516. AV Tremissis (13mm, 1.45 g, 6h). In the name of Byzantine emperor Anastasius (491-518). Lyon mint. D N ΛNΛSTΛ-SIVS PR (ΛV)C, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IVCTORIΛ ΛVCVTOVM, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond; GVB monogram to right; CONOB. Tomasini Group A5, 103; MEC 1, 337. EF. Rare.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part II, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 October 1984), lot 652 (purchased from J. Schulman, 5 May 1925).