Triton XV, Lot: 440. Estimate $150. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THESSALY, Magnetes. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ Diassarion (21mm, 6.06 g, 12h). ΑVΚΜΑΙ l. up, ΞЄΙΜ[AΙΝΟC?] r. down, radiate and cuirassed bust of Maximinus r., border of dots / [A]ΡΓΩΜΑ above circular, [ΓΝ]ΗΤΩ[Ν] below, upside down and retrograde, the ship Argo with rowers r., above, B; border of dots. Rogers 375, fig. 193 var. [bust is not radiate and legends differently placed]. Fine, green patina, some marks and small pits, mostly on the obverse; the rev. with some letters mis-struck; very rare.