Auction Catalogue

20 June 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Ancient Coins, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 464

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20 June 2007

Hammer Price:
£680

Divus Nigrinianus (†284), Antoninianus, c. 284-5, radiate, half-length bust of Divus Nigrinianus right, rev. consecratio, eagle standing facing, head left, 3.36g/12h (RIC 472; C 3). Good very fine with an excellent portrait and traces of silvering, extremely rare (£800-1,000)

Nigrinian is generally assumed to have been the son of Carinus and Magna Urbica and to have died in infancy during 284