Very Rare Theoderic Half Siliqua

Triton XIX, Lot: 705. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OSTROGOTHS. Theoderic. 493-526. AR Half Siliqua (11mm, 0.73 g, 7h). In the name of Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I (491-518). Milan mint. Struck circa 491-501. D N ANAS–T[ASIVS P AVC], diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [IN–VI]CTA ИO[MA] (sic), Victory advancing right, holding trophy and wreath. Metlich 46b/3 = Hunter 10 (same dies); BMC 73; MEC 1, –. Good VF, toned. Very rare.