Triton XX, Lot: 840. Estimate $10000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Carus. Died AD 283. AV Aureus (19mm, 4.90 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 10th emission, late AD 284. DIVO CARO PIO, laureate head right / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing right on ground line, head left, wings open. RIC V 4; Pink VI/2, p. 24; Lyon 619; Calicó 4261 (same rev. die as illustration); Biaggi 1654 var. (eagle on globe). Good VF, underlying luster, bruise near edge. Rare.

From the Continental Collection.