Watch List notes:

MEROVINGIANS, Marseille. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 3.87 g, 6h). In the name of Maurice Tiberius. Massilia (Marseille) mint. Struck AD 582-602. D N mΛVRIC TI(retrograde J)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 ΛVCC, cross pattée on globe set on ground line with pellets; across field, M above X and Λ: above +I; V//IONOE. NM 25 (this coin referenced); cf. Belfort 2438 (for type); MEC –. Small test cut on reverse, slightly clipped. Good VF. Very rare.

Ex LHS 95 (25 October 2005), lot 861 (hammer CHF 14,000); Münzen und Medaillen AG 81 (18 September 1995), lot 956.