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The Usurper Jotapian

Triton XVI, Lot: 1123. Estimate $15000.
Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Jotapian. Usurper, circa AD 248-249. AR Antoninianus (26mm, 4.13 g, 6h). Nicopolis in Seleucia(?) mint. INP N FSV IO[T]ΛPIΛNVS (sic), radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIC T ORIΛ ΛVGV, Victory alighting left, holding wreath in right hand and cradling palm frond in left arm. RIC IV 2c; Bland - (dies I/– [unlisted rev. die]); RSC 2. Good VF, toned, typical rough surfaces. Struck on a broad flan. Extremely rare.