Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1100. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009. Sold For $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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UNCERTAIN GERMANIC TRIBES. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. Mid 4th-early 5th century AD. Æ 22mm (3.80 g, 12h). Imitating a Treveri (Trier) mint Æ Maiorina of Magnentius. Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; A to left / Emperor on horseback right, spearing standing German; broken spear and shield below horse; (TR)P(crescent) in exergue. Bastien,
Imitations -; Göbl,
Antike -; Bastien -; De Wit -; cf. Weiller 1925 (Dalheim). VF, black-green patina with earthen overtones.
From the Giamba Collection.