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LOT 3350
Carinus BI Antoninianus. AD 283-285.
Siscia mint; struck AD 284. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR CARINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONS-ER, Carinus standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; B between, SMSXXI in exergue. RIC V 314; Pink VI/2, p. 44. Good Very Fine.(4.24gr, 23mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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