CNG 90, Lot: 1704. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maximianus. First reign, AD 286-305. Æ Semis (20mm, 4.16 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 286. IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CON SE VAT AVGG, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and scepter. RIC V 535 var. (obv. legend). Good VF, green patina. Very rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 15 (18 May 1999), lot 464 (listing incorrect legend on coin and in RIC).