BURGUNDIANS. Sigismund. 516-524. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Imitating a 10th officina Constantinople mint issue of the Byzantine emperor Justin I. NGC graded MS, 5/5, 4/5.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 981. Estimated: $ 5 000

Early Medieval, Gold

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BURGUNDIANS. Sigismund. 516-524. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Imitating a 10th officina Constantinople mint issue of the Byzantine emperor Justin I. Uncertain (Lugdunum [Lyon]?) mint. D N IVSTI NVS P P ΛVC, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly left, head right, holding spear over shoulder with right hand, on left arm a shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTOR I Λ ΛAVCCC, Victory standing left, holding staurogram cross in right hand; star to right; IS//CONOB. J. Lafaurie, “Le trésor de Gourdon (Sâone-et Loire),” Bulletin de la Société nationale des antiquaires de France (1958), pp. 61-76; Belfort 5154; MEC 1, 340 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 5785799-003, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.


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