Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1730. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Carinus. AD 283-285. Æ Sestertius (6.73 g, 6h). Rome mint. 4th emission, August AD 283. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Carinus standing right, holding transverse spear and globe. RIC V 288 (As); Pink VI/2, p. 36 (As). Good VF, handsome two-tone brown patina, minor roughness. Very rare.

From the Marc Poncin Collection. Ex William C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin's 42, 26 September 2005), lot 668, with his original ticket (numbered 135); purchased from E. Lincoln, December 1901.