Details
LOT 3754
Divus Carus BI Antoninianus. Struck under Carinus, May-June AD 284. Antioch mint.
DIVO CARO AVG, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, garlanded altar; Δ in right field, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 127. Good Very Fine.(3.55gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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