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Details
Aureus, 4.60g., Antioch, Summer 283 A.D., IMP C M AVR CARINVS NOB C, laureate bust right, with aegis and consular strap, rev. VICTORIAE AVGG, Victory walking right, holding palm branch and laurel wreath, SMA in exergue (RIC -, cf Carus 122 (this issue and reverse type), and Numerian Caesar 374 (same reverse die); C--; Hunter-; NAC 16/11/94, lot 733 (different dies); NAC 8, 3/4/95, lot 925), pierced and plugged at 6 o'clock, light marks, otherwise about extremely fine, one of only three recorded specimens
Provenance
H Lanz auction 44, 16 May 1988, lot 805