116, Lot: 347. Estimate $150. Sold for $427. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OSTROGOTHS. Athalaric. In the name of Justinian. 526-534 AD. AR Quarter Siliqua (11mm, 0.65 g). Ravenna mint. Diademed and cuirassed bust right / D N/ATHAL/ARICVS/RIX in four lines within wreath. Metlich 59; MEC 127; BMC Vandals, 35. VF, toned, some heavy encrustation on the reverse and a little ragged around the edge.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.