Numerian AD 283-284. Rome
Antoninianus Æ silvered

22 mm, 3,43 g

IMP NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory and sceptre; eagle standing at feet; KAB in exergue.

Very Fine

RIC 410.

Numerian, whose full name was Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus, was a Roman emperor who ruled from AD 283 to 284. He was born in AD 253 and was the younger son of the emperor Carus. In AD 283 Numerian was elevated to the rank of Caesar by his father Carus, who ruled as Augustus. Numerian was assigned to assist his elder brother Carinus in governing the western provinces of the Roman Empire. After their father's death in AD 283, Carus and Numerian jointly ruled the empire. However, in AD 284, while on a military campaign in the East against the Sassanian Empire, Numerian died under mysterious circumstances.