Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1194. Estimate $15000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARINUS. As Caesar, 282-283 AD. AV Aureus (4.44 gm, 12h). Siscia mint. Struck 282 AD. M AVR CARINVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, seen from behind, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman riding left, spearing fallen enemy / MARS V-LTOR, Mars advancing right, holding spear in right hand and shield in left. RIC V 188; Pink VI/2, pg. 42; Hunter -; Calicó 4349; Cohen 50. Superb EF. ($15,000)