Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1751. Estimate $3000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MAGNIA URBICA, wife of Carinus. Augusta, 283-285 AD. AV Aureus (4.71 gm). Rome mint. Diademed and draped bust right / Venus standing right, holding apple and her drapery. RIC V 340; Pink, "Magnia Urbica,"
NZ 79 (1961), -; Calicó 4409; Cohen 5. VF, numerous marks, edge rounded, ex-jewelry. Very rare. ($3000)
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Ponterio 68 (14 April 1994), lot 266.