Pedigreed to 1907

409, Lot: 722. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Carinus. As Caesar, AD 282-283. Quinarius (16mm, 1.88 g, 6h). Ticinum mint. 1st emission, October 282. M AVR CARINS C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MARTI VICTORI, Mars advancing right, holding spear and shield. RIC V 166 (this coin cited); Pink VI/2, p. 271; King 2a (this coin). VF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare – the only example cited by King, with one further on CoinArchives.

Ex Hamburger (19 October 1925), lot 1562; Sambon (11 November 1907), lot 2855.