Arofre - Unique for Reccared

Triton XX, Lot: 1100. Estimate $20000. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VISIGOTHS, Spain. Reccared I. 586-601. AV Tremissis (17mm, 1.47 g, 6h). Arofre mint. + RECCΛRIDVS R, facing bust / + ΛROFRE PIVS, facing bust. CNV –; Pliego –; Miles, Visigoths –; Chaves –; MEC 1, –; ME –. VF, lightly toned, minor areas of weak strike. Apparently a unique mint for this ruler.

Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA VII (27 November 2012), lot 1245 (where it realized CHF 42,000).