Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 718. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maximus. Caesar, AD 235/6-238. AR Denarius (3.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. 3rd emission, AD 236-237. MAXIMVS CAES GERM, bare-headed and draped bust right / PRINC IVVENTVTIS, Maximus, in military dress, standing left, holding baton in right hand and transverse spear in left; two signa to right. RIC IV 3 (Maximinus); RSC 10; BMCRE 211-2 (Maximinus). EF, toned. Struck from a fresh reverse die, showing extraordinary detail.

From a Gentleman’s Collection.