Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1668. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GOTHIC KINGDOMS. Ostrogoths. Theodoric. 493-526 AD. AV Solidus (4.40 gm). Rome mint. Struck in the name of Anastasius I. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Angel standing left, holding long cross; RM monogram and star in fields, Q//COMOB. Kent 5; MIB I 7; cf. MEC 1, 112; BMC Vandals pg. 55, 63. Good VF, scrape and peck marks on reverse. Rare. ($2500)