Uncertain Germanic Tribe

AV Tremissis, 1.29g. 13.5mm.  In the name of Zeno, 474-491 A.D. DN ZHNO PH PP IV.  Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right.  Rev. B(retrograde)ONOB in exergue. Cross within wreath.  cf. MEC 1, 57-60.

Provenance/Pedigree:

Ex: Michel Dürr and Roland Michel, Geneve, Auction November 8,1999, lot 252..

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Extremely Fine $3,000.

Ostrogoths, Theoderic, 493-526 A.D.

AV Solidus, 4.44g. 20mm. Rome mint. Theoderic in the name of Anastasius.  D N ANASTASIVS P F AVG.  Facing bust, slightly turned, wearing cuirass and helmet and carrying spear and shield.  Rev.  VICTORIA AVCCCA; COMOB in exergue.   Victory standing to left holding a long jewelled cross; star in field to right.  MEC 112.  MIB 9.     Lustrous and nearly as struck.

The types for Theodereric continue the basic Eastern types of Leo I but with a much finer Italian style and now in the name of Anastasius.  They are also distinguished by the obverse legend normally ending in P F AVG instead of the  PERP AVG or  P P AVG on the Constantinopolitan issues(See: Grierson, MEC, pp. 35-36). 

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: NAC, Zurich, Auction 138, 2023, lot 892.

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Extremely Fine $6,000.

Ostrogoths, Theoderic, 493-526 A.D.

AV Solidus, 4.44g. 19mm. Rome mint. Theoderic in the name of Anastasius.  D N ANASTASIVS P F AVG.  Facing bust, slightly turned, wearing cuirass and helmet and carrying spear and shield.  Rev. VICTORIA AVCCC theta; CONOB in exegue. Victory standing to left holding jeweled cross; star in field to right.  Metlich 6 var.   Fagerlie 691ff var.  A few light scratches or graffiti in fields and some minor edge marks.   

This is an unpublished variant with a theta at the end of the reverse inscription indicating Theoderic.  Lustrous and with an exceptionally detailed Victory.  Possibly unique. 

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Extremely Fine $5,850.

Ostrogoths, Athlaric, Theodahad, or Witigis

AV Tremissis in the name of Justinian, 1.46g. 15mm.  Rome or Ravenna,  526-540 A.D.  DN IVSTINIANVS P "gamma" AVC. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right.  Rev.  VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM; COMOB in exergue.  Victory walking to right and looking back; she holds wreath and globus cruciger.   Slight bend and hariline flan crack at 11:00 obverse; a few light scratches at 9:00 reverse.   MIB I, 29a. MEC I, 123var. Metlich 37.

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good Very Fine/Very Fine $950.

Anonymous Lombard issue

AV Tremissis, 1.36g. 21mm. In the name of Maurice Tiberius(582-602 A.D.). Laureate and cuirassed but to right.  Rev.  Stylized Victory.  Grierson, MEC, 305. small  flan defects on obv.    Lustrous and on a huge flan.

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Mint State $4,000.

Visigoths, in the name of Libius Severus

AV Tremissis, 1.40g. 14mm. Toulouse mint (?) , in the name of Libius Severus, c. 461-470 A.D. D N SEVERVS P F AVG. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Libius Severus to right. Rv. VICTORIA AVGGG; COMOB in exergue. Victory standing to left holding jeweled cross. RIC 3761( R 4). Depeyrot, p. 140,5 and plate 7,5 var. small scratch behind head. This issue has a unique barbaric reverse instead of the imperial cross within wreath; nicely toned and excellent strike.

Provenance/Pedigrees

Ex: Bank Leu, Zurich, Auction 72, May 12, 1998, lot 590. .

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good Very Fine $3,500.

Italy, Lombards, Grimoald III, 788-806 A.D.

AV Tremissis, 1.24g. 16mm.  Struck as Princeps, 792-806 A.D. GRIMVALD.  Crowned and draped bust facing holding globus cruciger.  Rev.  Cross potent flanked by G R. VITORD PRINCIP; CONOB in exergue.  MEC 1, 1099var. BMC Vandals, 174,14var. 

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: CNG Auction 67, Sept. 22, 2004, lot 1840.

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about Extremely Fine $2,500.