Details
Magna Urbica (wife of Carinus), Aureus, mint of Rome, struck for her marriage in late summer A.D.283, 4.7 g., MAGNA VRBICAAVG, diademed and draped bust right, rev. VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing, head right, lifting robe from left shoulder and holding apple (RIC.(family of Carus)340; C.8; NZ.79 (1961) p.7), a few light edge bumps otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare
Provenance
Sir John Evans collection
Clarence S.Bement collection, Ars Classica VIII, Paris, 24-28 June 1924, lot 1434
J. W. Garrett collection, part 1, NFA/Bank Leu, Beverley Hills, 16-18 May 1984, lot 911
Clarence S.Bement collection, Ars Classica VIII, Paris, 24-28 June 1924, lot 1434
J. W. Garrett collection, part 1, NFA/Bank Leu, Beverley Hills, 16-18 May 1984, lot 911