Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1035. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARINUS and NUMERIAN. 283-284 AD. AV Aureus (4.91 gm). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 284 AD. CARINVS ET NVMERIANVS AVGG, jugate busts of Carinus and Numerian right, Carinus laureate, Numerian laureate and draped / VICTORIA A-VGG, Victory advancing right, holding trophy in both hands. Cf. RIC V 332 (denarius); cf. Lyon 605 (denarius); Pink VI/2 pg. 24 = PCR 1044; Hunter -; Calicó -; cf. Cohen 4 (denarius). Good VF. Extremely rare; second known example. [See color enlargement on plate 19] ($10,000)