Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1960. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Odovacar. King, AD 476-493. AV Tremissis (1.42 g, 12h). Milan mint. In the name of Zeno, struck circa AD 476-491. D N ZENO PIRP AVC (Z retrograde), diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cross within wreath; ONOB. COI p. 14; cf. Lacam vol. II, pl. CXCIX-B, Tremissis Type 4, 70; cf. RIC X 3608 and 3610 note; Boutin, Collection N.K. - Monnaies des Empires de Byzance (Maastricht, 1983), 1044 (this coin). VF, lightly toned, holed.

From the Marc Poncin Collection. Ex Leu 91 (10 May 2004), lot 973 (part of); N. Kapamadji Collection, 1044.

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