From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008. Lot # 526 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$6000 / Price Realized: US$3800 Visigothic Kingdom. Pseudo-Imperial Issue for Justinian I. Gold solidus (4.38 gm), ca. 538-554 AD. D N STIA—NS P—P AV (the first N and S retrograde), facing bust of Justinian I, helmeted, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman / VICTOI—I [2-3 letters obscured by die break] CCC IV, Victory standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger, CONOB in exergue, star in right field. Mint state. © 2005-2008 Gemini, LLC | Email: info@geminiauction.com Gemini Auctions' results, text and images are re-used by the kind permission of: Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com)