435, Lot: 371. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Numerian. AD 283-284. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.04 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 3 officina. 6th emission, July AD 284. Radiate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over shoulder and shield / MARS VICTOR, Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy over shoulder; retrograde C in right field. RIC V 389 var. (no retrograde C); Pink VI/2, p. 24 var. (same); Lyon 564 var. (same). VF, brown surfaces, traces of silvering, toned, some deposits. Rare. None in CoinArchives with retrograde C.
From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.