CNG 106, Lot: 912. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOMBARDS, Tuscany. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. Circa 620-700. AV Tremissis (16mm, 1.44 g, 6h). Imitating a Ravenna mint issue of Heraclius. Uncertain Tuscan (Lucca?) mint. D N HЄRΛC LIVS P P ΛV, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIΛ ΛVCVSTORI, cross potent; CONOB. Bernareggi –; MIB X11 (same dies); cf. BMC Vandals 40 (for type); Arslan –; cf. MEC 1, 307-310 (same). EF, toned. Rare.

Ex Künker 205 (12 March 2012), lot 1262.