Triton XXI, Lot: 935. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEROVINGIANS, St. Paulien. Circa 600-675. AV Tremissis (16mm, 1.34 g, 6h). Honoratus, moneyer. VILLΛV(horizontal retrograde S), diademed and draped bust right / + HONORΛTV(horizontal retrograde S), Latin cross pommée; globe below. NM 17 = Nimes 53; Belfort ; Prou –; MEC 1, –. Choice EF, lustrous. Extremely rare, Depeyrot records only the Nimes example.

Ex Rauch 102 (7 November 2016), lot 1347 (hammer €6000); Classical Numismatic Group 93 (22 May 2013), lot 1427 (hammer $3500); Triton V (15 January 2002), lot 2333 (hammer $2300).