Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 228. Estimate CHF2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011.  Sold For CHF8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galerius. AD 305-311. Argenteus (Silver, 3.46 g 12), Trier, c. 306-307. MAXIMIANVS P F AVG Laureate head of Galerius to right. Rev. VIRTVS MILITVM / PTR Camp gate with doors thrown open, two stars and four turrets. RIC 635. Very rare. A beautifully toned, superb piece. Virtually as struck.

From the Tetrarchy Collection, New York, and from the Guermantes collection, Leu 86, 5 May 2003, 978.