Maximian AV Aureus. Cyzicus, AD 287. MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / VIRTVS AVGG N N, emperor, cuirassed and holding shield and spear, on horseback to right, leaping over fallen enemy prostrate over oval shield, and preparing to strike second enemy before. RIC VI 3; C. 613; Depeyrot 15/4; Biaggi 1804; Calicó 4743. 5.55g, 19mm, 12h.
Near Mint State. Extremely Rare.
Ex Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XXI, 25 March 2021, lot 724;
Ex George W. La Borde Collection of Roman Aurei, Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 91, 23 May 2016, lot 60 (hammer: CHF 22,000);
Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 85, 26 November 2009, lot 909;
Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 83, 14 November 2008, lot 427.