Description: Numerian (283 - 284 AD). AE Antoninianus, Ticinum mint 283 AD. IMP NVMERIANVS P F AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PROVIDENT AVGG; Providentia standing left, holding ears of corn and cornucopiae, modius at foot, VXXI in exergue.

Diameter: AE22 mm

Weight: 3,84 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: RIC 447

Commentary: dark brown-olive patina with minute malachite deposits, well centered, good details

History: Numerian apparently died in his travelling coach, where he retreated to protect his inflammated eyes, and his death was only discovered by the smell of his rotting corpse.

Article Number: 013-06-02-41652