Aureus - Magnia Urbica VENERI VICTRICI; Venus

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Empress	Magnia Urbica (282-284)
Emperor	Carinus (Marcus Aurelius Carinus) (283-285) Numerian (Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus) (283-284)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	283-285
Value	Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Gold
Weight	4.5 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 298407
References	RIC V.2# 340 Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1933. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.2. Marcus Aurelius Probus – Maximian (AD 276–310). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.5.car.340 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) , Cohen# 8 Description historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire Romain. Paris, France (13 volumes). , Calicó# 4409 Xavier Calicó; 2003. The Roman avrei. Áureo & Calicó, Barcelona, Spain (2 volumes). , Biaggi Rome# 1687 Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.). Leo Biaggi Collection of Roman gold coins and medallions. , Vagi# 2498 David L. Vagi; 1999. Coinage and history of the Roman Empire. Amos Media, Sidney, Ohio, United States (2 volumes).

Obverse

Bust of Magnia Urbica, diademed, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MAGNIA VRBICA AVG

Unabridged legend: Magniae Urbicae Augustae

Translation: Of venerable Magnia Urbica

Reverse

Venus, draped, standing right, raising robe on shoulder with right hand and holding apple in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VENERI VICTRICI

Translation: To Venus, the victorious

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (283-285)								$ 53 000	$ 56 000	$ 59 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Leu Numismatik Auction 8 Lot 365	23 Oct 2021	UNC	USD 60 706.78 (CHF 48 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From collection of Nelson Bunker Hunt; ex Sotheby's, 4 December 1990, 96
© Leu Numismatik
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 163 Lot 453	7 Dec 2016	UNC	USD 58 048.75 (EUR 50 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Jacob Hirsch, Munich, May 27 1907, Lot 1571
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 80 Lot 225	20 Oct 2014	UNC	USD 94 854.34 (CHF 75 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex L. Hamburger 19 October 1925, Niclovits, 1570; Hess-Leu 17, 1961, ESR 381; NAC 1, 1989, 976; Sternberg XXVI, 1992, 426; M&M 81, 1995, 316 and M&M 92, 2002, 265
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 135 Lot 369	21 Nov 2022	XF	USD 61 971.50 (CHF 49 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the Leo Biaggi de Blasys collection; ex Glendining's 1950, Platt Hall II, 1969
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 52 Lot 579	7 Oct 2009	XF	USD 26 559.22 (CHF 21 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Ars Classica XVII, 1934, Burrage & Evans, 915; J. Schulman 243, 1966, Graham, 2190 and Leu 50, 1990, 363
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG