Herakles and the Centaur – Unpublished Variety

CNG 102, Lot: 1089. Estimate $50000. Sold for $45000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maximianus. First reign, AD 286-305. AV Aureus (19mm, 5.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 295-305. MAXIMIA NVS P F AVG, laureate head right / VIR TVS AV GG, Hercules standing right, leaning on hindquarters of centaur with his left knee and grasping the head of centaur with his left hand, holding upright club with his right hand, lion skin flowing behind his waist; the centaur is rearing up to the right, his head left, left hand raised in defense. RIC VI –; Depeyrot 5B/8 var. (bust draped and cuirassed); cf. Calicó 4740(obv.)/4739(rev.). Superb EF, perfectly centered. Very rare reverse type and an unpublished variety.