Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1669. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GOTHIC KINGDOMS. Ostrogoths. Municipal Issue of Rome. Time of Theodoric, 493-526 AD. Æ Pentanummium (1.38 gm). INVICT A ROMA, helmeted and draped bust of Roma right, wearing necklace / Large V within wreath. Cf. MIB I 79 (in the name of Athalaric); MEC 1, -; BMC Vandals -. Good VF, dark green patina. Rare variety. ($500)

This unpublished coin is likely the earliest Ostrogothic pentanummium, predating the similar type with Athalaric's name on the reverse.