Nepotian, Usurper

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1527. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $3600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nepotian. Usurper, AD 350. Æ 23mm (4.76 g, 6h). Rome mint. FL POP NEPOTIANVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, Nepotian on horseback right, spearing enemy to right; star above, shield and broken spear below; RS. RIC VIII 200; LRBC 643. Near VF, brown patina, some roughness. Rare.

From the White Mountain Collection.