296, Lot: 353. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Numerian. AD 283-284. Antoninianus (24mm, 3.20 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 2nd officina. 5th-6th emissions, early-mid AD 284. Radiate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with gorgoneion / Pax standing left, holding branch and scepter; B. RIC V 395; Pink VI/2, pp. 23-4 var.; Bastien 554. Near EF, brown patina, hairline flan crack. Attractive portrait.

From the Chiltern Collection.