Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1174. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MAXIMINUS I. 235-238 AD. Æ Sestertius (21.19 gm, 11h). Struck 238 AD. MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / P M TR P IIII COS P P, S C across field, Maximinus, in military outfit, standing left, raising right hand and holding spear in left hand; behind emperor two military standards in left field, one military standard in right field. RIC IV 40; Pink III, pg. 21; cf. Banti 19/20 (obv./rev.); BMCRE 221; Cohen 71. Near EF, olive patina with areas of brick-red and traces of green. ($500)