234, Lot: 407. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Carinus. As Caesar, AD 282-283. Antoninianus (22mm, 4.83 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. 3rd emission, struck Novewmber-December AD 282. Radiate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over right shoulder, shield on left arm decorated with head of Medussa / Carinus standing left, holding globe and scepter; C (retrograde). RIC V 150; Lyon 486b (2 specimens). Good VF, about 70% silvered. Rare.

From the Elliott-Kent Collection.