CNG 90, Lot: 1696. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Carus. AD 282-283. Quinarius (15mm, 2.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Virtus standing left, holding shield and spear. RIC V 58; Pink –; King 1. Good VF, dark green patina, some very light patches of brown encrustation. Very rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 15 (18 May 1999), lot 452.