Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 986. Estimate $20000. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Carinus. As Caesar, AD 282-283. AV Aureus (4.44 g, 12h). Siscia mint. 1st emission, AD 282. M AVR CARINVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, seen from behind, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman riding left, spearing fallen enemy / MARS V-LTOR, Mars advancing right, holding spear in right hand, shield in left. RIC V 188; Pink VI/2, p. 42; Calicó 4349. Superb EF.
From a North American Collection. Ex Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 1194.