Details
LOT 3752
Carus BI Antoninianus. AD 282-283. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
IMP C M AVR CARVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGGG, Carus standing to right, holding parazonium, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, leaning on sceptre; star in upper central field, B in lower central field, XXI in exergue. RIC 125. Good Very Fine.(3.58gr, 21mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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