CNG 85, Lot: 1154. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Carinus. AD 283-285. AV Aureus (21mm, 6.24 g, 12h). Rome mint. 5th emission, series b-c, early-mid AD 284. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing right, leaning on lion skin-covered club set on rock. RIC V 235D; Pink VI/2, p. 36; Calicó 4397. Good VF, ex jewelry. Rare.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.