The Suevi

CNG 100, Lot: 442. Estimate $2000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SUEVI. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. Late 5th-early 6th centuries. AV Tremissis (15mm, 1.38 g, 12h). (retrograde C)INPIIVPИIITIINΛVSPΛC, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cross pattée within double wreath with central jewel; lateral segments flanking, with pellet in right segment; COMOB. Reinhart 7; cf. MEC 1, 287. Good VF, a few light marks. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part II, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 October 1984), lot 616 (purchased from J. Schulman, 10 October 1925); Monteiro Collection, Lisbon.