Ostrogoths, Theoderic AV Solidus. In the name of Anastasius I. Rome, AD 493-518. D N ANASTASIVS P F AVG, helmeted, pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG ☧, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, COMOB in exergue. Metlich 4; Ladich 31; MEC 1, 13; BMC Vandals 62; Lacam p. 917, Type 2, pl. 58, 86 = pl. CCXIX, 3; NAC 25, 643; Roma XXIII, 1155 (hammer: 7,000 GBP). 4.39g, 21mm, 6h.
Mint State. Extremely Rare; Arslan & Metlich cited the existence of only five specimens of this type.
This coin published in I. Vecchi, R. Beale and S. Parkin, The Mare Nostrum Hoard (forthcoming);
From the Mare Nostrum Hoard (1954).