CNG 111, Lot: 900. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEROVINGIANS, Pseudo-Imperial coinage. temp. Clovis I-Clotaire I. 481-560. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.40 g, 6h). In the name of Anastasius I. First phase, group 1. Uncertain mint. Struck AD 491-518. D N ΛNΛSTΛ SIV S P P ΛVC, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder in right hand and shield decorated with horseman motif in left / VICTORI Λ ΛVCCC, Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star to right; Λ//COMOB. NM –; Belfort 5035 var. (Γ//COMOB); MEC 1, 343. VF, riverine surfaces, graffiti in obverse field. Very rare.