Watch List notes:

MEROVINGIANS. temp. Clovis I–Clotaire I. Circa 491-560. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.35 g, 6h). In the name of Anastasius I. DИ ΛИΛ(retrograde S)TΛ SIV S RR ΛVC, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding spear and shield / VICTORI Λ ΛVCCC, Victory standing left, holding jeweled long cross; star to right; Λ//(retrograde COHOB). NM –; cf. Stahl, Merovingians 27; cf. Belfort 5025; cf. MEC 1, 343-7. Good VF.


Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Sotheby’s (9 October 1995), lot 391.