Heavy Follis

CNG 87, Lot: 1138. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maximianus. First reign, AD 286-305. Æ “Heavy” Follis (27mm, 17.16 g, 5h). Antioch mint, 2nd officina. 6th emission, circa AD 299-300. Laureate head right / Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; -B//ANT. Cf. RIC VI 52b (Follis). Good VF, brown patina, some silvering, trace of green deposits on reverse. Struck on a very heavy flan.

From the HLT Collection.