Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2223. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

OSTROGOTHS. Athalaric. AD 526-534. AV Solidus (4.40 g, 6h). Rome mint, 1st officina. Struck in the name of Justinian I, circa AD 527-530. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / Victory standing left, holding long cross, six-rayed star in left fieldt; L//COMOB. COI 34; MIB 1, 28; cf. MEC 1, 122. Good VF, minor die flaw on reverse.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.