The New York Sale 2026 Ancient & World

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1249 Tiberius III – Apsimar (AD 698-705). Gold Solidus (4.44 g). Constantinople, 6th Officina. Crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding transverse spear and shield. Reverse: Cross potent set on three steps, legend end ‘S’, CONOB in ex. SB 1360. In NGC holder graded Ch XF ; Strike 5/5; Surface 3/5, brushed.

$1,000

NGC Certification Number 2176432-011

Ex Superior Stamps & Coins, The New York International Numismatic Convention Auction, December 5-6, 1997, lot 1838

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1250 Ostrogoths. Theodoric. Pseudo-Imperial coinage in the name of Anastasius I. Gold Solidus (4.17 g), struck AD 493-518. Rome. DN ΛNΛSTΛ-SIVS S PP ΛVC, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding beaded spear over shoulder and shield decorated with a horseman motif. Reverse: VICTORI-Λ ΛVCCCΛ, Victory standing left, holding long jewelled cross, pellet at waist, pellet below wingtip, star behind; COMOB in ex. Cf. BMC Vandals 62. In NGC holder graded AU ; Strike 5/5; Surface 2/5, brushed, edge cuts, bend, ex-jewelry.

$2,000

NGC Certification Number 2176432-012

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1251 Merovingians. Royal Issues. Theudebert, King of Austrasia (534-548). AE Nummus (1.29 g; 16 mm), issued after 536. Marseille. Christogram within wreath. Reverse. Monogram of Theudebert within wreath. Belfort 5462; Depeyrot 18. Very rare. Very Fine. The Ostrogoths under Theodoric gained control of the Provence region in 508 after intervening in the Frankish-Visigothic conflict. But after the Byzantine general Belisarius landed in Italy in 536 to pursue Justinian’s plan to reconquer the Italian peninsula, the hard-pressed Ostrogothic King Vitiges offered Provence to the Merovingians to avoid a war on two fronts. Thus the Franks gained permanent access to the Mediterranean. This coin was struck soon after in Marseille, possibly at the Abbey of Saint Victor, where fourteen of Depeyrot’s recorded seventeen pieces have shown up in excavations.

$1,000

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