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Auction 125  23-24 Jun 2021
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Lot 876

Estimate: 2000 CHF
Price realized: 3750 CHF
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Leovigild with mint Names. Baetica, Ispali.
Tremissis circa 584, AV 1.419 g. (SG 16.49, Au 79.0%). + LEOVICILDVSRŁ Facing bust. Rev. +CVMDOPTNVTSPI Facing bust. Reinhart 1940, pl. XII, 1 (this coin). Miles 33d. CNV 32.5. (this coin listed). MEC I, –. MV 48a.1 (this coin illustrated).
A unique variety of a very rare type. Light reddish tone and extremely fine

Ex Aureo & Calicó sale 218, 2009, Caballeros de las Yindias, 1240. From the Reinhart collection (no. 4).
This coin would have been minted after the defeat of Hermenegild at Ispali by Leovigild in 584. Leovigild died in 586 and thus this is one of a few coins that can be dated to a specific series of events that took place in Seville in a period of less than two years.
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