Ostrogoths, Theoderic AV Solidus. In the name of Anastasius I. Uncertain mint, AD 491-518. D N ANASTASIVS PERP AVG, helmeted, pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Ɐ, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, •CONOB• in exergue. Ladich 10 var. (obv. legend, Mediolanum mint); Metlich 8 var. (obv. legend, officina A, Rome mint); MEC 1, 112 var. (same); BMC Vandals 61 var. (same); Lacam -. 4.48g, 20mm, 6h.

Near Mint State. Apparently unique and unpublished.

This coin published in I. Vecchi, R. Beale and S. Parkin, The Mare Nostrum Hoard (forthcoming);
From the Mare Nostum Hoard (1954).