Jovinus, Usurper

CNG 96, Lot: 917. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Jovinus. Usurper, AD 411-413. AR Siliqua (15mm, 1.54 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Roma seated left, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear; [S]MLDV. RIC X 1717; Lyon 258; King, Fifth 11; RSC 4†c. VF, toned, scrape in field on reverse.

From the Bramhall Collection.