Watch List notes:

MEROVINGIANS, Pseudo-Imperial coinage. temp. Clovis I-Clotaire I. 481-560. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.40 g, 6h). In the name of Anastasius I. First phase, group 1. Uncertain mint. Struck AD 491-518. D N ΛNΛSTΛ SIV S P P ΛVC, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder in right hand and shield decorated with horseman motif in left / VICTORI Λ ΛVCCC, Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star to right; Λ//COMOB. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 36 (for a Visigothic issue in the name of Justin I); NM –; Belfort 5035 var. (Γ//COMOB); MEC 1, 343. Riverine surfaces, graffiti in obverse field. VF. Very rare.


From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 111 (9 January 2018), lot 920.