Watch List notes:

THE OSTROGOTHS
Witigis, 536-540

Pseudo-Imperial Coinage. In the name of Justinian I, 527-565. Solidus, Ravenna 536-540, AV 4.30 g. DN IVSTINI – ΛNVS PΓ AVC Pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, three-quarters r., holding spear and decorated shield with horseman and fallen enemy motif. Rev. VICTORI – A AVCCC I Victory standing l., globe surmounted by Christogram; in l. field, star, and in exergue, CONOB. BMC Vandals –. Kraus –. MIB 32. MEC I, –. Metlich p. 29, fig. 18.
Of the highest rarity, only very few specimens known. Extremely fine


Ex Christie's 9 October 1984, 212, and Sotheby's New York, 2 November 1998, 95 sales.
To honour the alliance with the Franks, perhaps Witigis selected a second type for the reverse: the Victory holding a globe surmounted by a Christogram instead of a long jewelled cross.
Apparently only four specimens are known of this coin, all from different dies: two are in museums, one appeared on the market in 1984 and again in 1988 (this example) and another appeared in 1997 (Metlich collection, p. 29).