Very Rare Aurei of Maximianus

Triton XX, Lot: 849. Estimate $15000. Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maximianus. First reign, AD 286-305. AV Aureus (18mm, 5.33 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 294. MAXIMI–ANVS AVG, laureate head right / COMES AVGG, Minerva standing left, holding spear in right hand, shield in left. RIC VI 4; Depeyrot 1D/1; Calicó 4600; Biaggi –. Superb EF, lustrous. Extremely rare, only one known to Depeyrot.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Rauch 59 (24 February 1997), lot 513.