Seldom Offered Maximinus II Follis

294, Lot: 790. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maximinus II. As Caesar, AD 305-309. Æ Follis (24mm, 6.88 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 7th officina. Struck AD 310. Helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, aegis on breast, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with two horseman and four prisoners / Sol standing facing in quadriga, head left, raising right arm and holding globe in left; Z//ANT. RIC VI 145b var. (unlisted officina). Near VF, green patina, some minor smoothing. Very rare.