415, Lot: 647. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VISIGOTHS, Spain and Septimania. temp. Liuva I with Leovigild. 567/8-586. AV Tremissis (19mm, 1.49 g, 7h). Narbonne mint. Struck circa 567/8-571/2. (retrograde C)IIIV(retrograde S)TII IIIΛVΛC, diademed and draped bust right; on drapery, arched and inverted V above cross / VI(retrograde C)VΛ TO(O with two tails) VΛO, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond; COIIO; crescent in final O of legend. CNV –; Pliego –; Miles, Visigoths –; Tomasini Group JII 5, 513 (same dies); Chaves 59; MEC 1, 205; ME 58. VF, traces of deposits, rusty obverse die, minor edge fold.

From the D. Massey Collection. Ex Áureo & Calicó, lot 1173.