Three Rare Magnus Maximus Solidi
Triton XIX, Lot: 661. Estimate $10000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Magnus Maximus. AD 383-388. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.40 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 383/4. D N MAG MA XIMVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REI PVBLICAE, Maximus, diademed and in military attire, standing facing, head right, holding labarum in right hand and in left, Victory standing left on globe holding wreath and palm frond; star in left field; pellet in upper right field; SMTR. RIC IX 76; Depeyrot 50/1 corr. (position of star); Biaggi 2309. EF, toned. Rare.
Ex UBS 78 (9 September 2008), lot 2000; Henry Platt Hall Collection (Part II, Glendining's, 16 November 1950), lot 2082.