Ex Adams and Garrett Collections

Triton XXI, Lot: 912. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOMBARDS, Tuscany. Municipal coinage. Circa 700-750. AV Tremissis (17mm, 1.24 g, 3h). Lucca mint. (LVCA) monogram; horizontal R above / IVIVIVIVIVVIVIVIV, cross potent. Bernareggi 201; Bernareggi, Moneta 17; BMC Vandals 3; MEC 1, –; CNI XI 8. VF, toned, edge loss. Very rare.

Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Part I, Classical Numismatic Group 100, 7 October 2015), lot 389; John Work Garrett Collection (Part II, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 October 1984), lot 561, purchased from Spink, 16 January 1931, for $97.