Triton XVII, Lot: 786. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maximianus. First reign, AD 286-305. AR Argenteus (19mm, 3.28 g, 6h). Aquileia mint. Struck AD 300. MAXIMIA NVS AVG, laureate head right / XCVI/AQ in two lines within laurel wreath. RIC VI 16b; Paolucci 28; Sagramora 25; RSC 697. Choice EF. Rare.

From the RAJ Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 1615.

XCVI (96) was the number of coins issued per pound of silver.