Jovinus, Usurper

CNG 94, Lot: 1119. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Jovinus. Usurper, AD 411-413. AR Siliqua (15mm, 1.43 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and reverted spear; [S]MLDV. RIC X 1716; Lyon 258b (same obv. die) = King, Fifth, 8; RSC 4†c. Good VF, deeply toned. Good metal for issue. Rare.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 190 (11 October 2010), lot 566.