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Auction 114  6-7 May 2019
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Lot 845

Estimate: 15 000 CHF
Price realized: 16 000 CHF
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The Roman Empire

Maximianus Herculius first reign, 286 – 305. Aureus, Antiochia circa 286, AV 6.10 g. IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG Laureate bust l., wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre. Rev. IOVI CONSERVATO – RI AVGG Emperor standing r., holding sceptre and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing l. and holding sceptre; between them, N. In exergue, SMA. C –. RIC –. Depeyrot –. Bastien, Donativa p. 62, a. Calicó –. For this type, cf. Lukanc, Diocletian, p. 162, 5 (this reverse die).
Apparently unique and unrecorded. A very interesting and unusual portrait
struck on a very broad flan. Virtually as struck and almost Fdc
Ex NAC 27, 2004, 500; Gemini I, 2005, 451; NGSA 4, 2006, 251 and NAC 105, 2018, La Borde III, 104 sales.

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