CNG 97, Lot: 720. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Maximinus II. As Caesar, AD 305-309. Æ Follis (28mm, 6.52 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 6th officina. Struck AD 310. MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over right shoulder in right hand, wearing on left arm a shield depicting two horsemen riding down four enemies / SOLI IN VICTAE, Sol standing in facing quadriga, raising hand and holding globe; ς//ANT. Cf. RIC VI 145b/144 (obv./rev. type); cf. Triton X, 772 (different officina). VF, dark gray-brown patina, some red, minor smoothing marks, some porosity on reverse. Extremely rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 93 (22 May 2013), lot 1254.