CNG 85, Lot: 601. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Ninica-Claudiopolis. Maximinus I, with Maximus Caesar. AD 235/6-238. Æ (34mm, 21.19 g, 6h). Laureate and draped bust of Maximinus I right; c/ms: six-rayed star to left, Δ above •, all within O to right / C IVL VE MAXIMVI C • C NI [CL]VA, bareheaded and draped bust of Maximus Caesar right; c/ms: Nike advancing right within oval incuse (3). For coin: Kubitschek,
Ninica 30b (same dies); cf. SNG France 796-7 (same obv. die); cf. SNG Levante 629 (same obv. die); for c/m: Howgego 262 and 669. VF, attractive earthen olive patina. Rare.
From Collection CR. Ex Aufhäuser 5 (5 October 1988), lot 378.