Auction Catalogue

29 September 2008

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 6073

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29 September 2008

Estimate: £1,500–£2,000

Divo Nigriniano (Consecrated 284), Divo Nigriniano (Consecrated 284), Antoninianus, c. 284-5, DIVO NIGRINIANO, radiate, half-length bust right, rev. consecratio, eagle with spread wings standing facing, head left, 3.43g/5h (RIC 472; C 3). Good very fine with an excellent portrait, extremely rare (£1,500-2,000)

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