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ID:     79001208
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Nigrinian
Date Ruled:     AD 284
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Antoninianus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD begin. 285
Weight:     3.74 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     DIVO NIGRINIANO
Obverse Description:     Radiate bust right
Reverse Legend:     CONSECRATIO
Reverse Description:     Eagle standing facing, head left / KA crescent A
Exergue:     KA crescent A
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     RIC V-II 472
Reference2:     Pink VI/2 P. 39
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=127719
Special Comments:     Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1208 Rare. From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part IV, Sotheby’s, 19 June 1991), lot 902; S. Weintraub Collection
Grade:     Good VF, some silvering remaining, a few green deposits
Notes:     1st officina. 6th emission under Carinus beginning 285