Watch List notes:

VISIGOTHS, Spain. Egica, with Wittiza. 687-702. AV Tremissis (22mm, 1.31 g, 7h). Ispali (Seville) mint. + I • D • I • NM EGIC•A• (R+), cruciform scepter between confronted busts / IN PI NHE VVITTI(retrograde Z)ΛP+, ISPALI monogram. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 50 var. (mint); CNV 568 var. (legends); Pliego 742b var. (obv. legend); Miles, Visigoths 481a var. (legends); Chaves 354 var. (same); MEC 1, –; cf. ME 440 (for type). Toned. Near EF. Extremely rare variety, Pliego cites only two examples of this subtype, but with no pellet after the C in the obverse legend.


From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 1126.