Triton XX, Lot: 851. Estimate $15000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Maximianus. First reign, AD 286-305. AV Aureus (19mm, 5.53 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 286. IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery / IOVI CON–SE–R–VAT AVGG, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand, scepter in left. RIC V 492E; Depeyrot 2D/4; Calicó 4689; Biaggi 796 var. (bust type, arrangement of rev. legend). Choice EF, lustrous. Very rare.
From the Continental Collection. Ex Rauch 51 (20 September 1993), lot 467; J. Hirsch XXIX (9 November 1910), lot 1349.