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Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 - Adams Collection 6 January 2016
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MEROVINGIANS. Childebert III l'Adopté (Childebert the Adopted). King of Austrasia, 656-661/2. Pale AV Solidus (22mm, 3.84 g, 6h). Marseilles mint. MA(horizontal S)(horizontal S) ILI A, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; cross to right / XNILVEBERTV(horizontal S) (RX), cross potent set on globe; M Λ flanking cross; flanking base, four pellets to left, two pellets to right; all within pelleted border. NM 67 var. (obv. legend); Felder 11 var. (Hildebertus adoptivus; same); Belfort 2576 var. (Childebert III; same); Prou 1420 (same); MEC 1, –. Good VF, light toning in devices, areas of weak strike at periphery. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Bernard Chwartz Collection (Part 2, 14 June 2010), lot 227; Crédit de la Bourse (23 April 1993), lot 14 (obverse illustrated on color plate).
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Bernard Chwartz Collection (Part 2, 14 June 2010), lot 227; Crédit de la Bourse (23 April 1993), lot 14 (obverse illustrated on color plate).