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Auction 32  8 January 2014
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Lot 52

Estimate: 10 000 USD
Price realized: 16 000 USD
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ANCIENT COINS. Roman Coins. Mint of Rome unless otherwise stated. Galerius (A.D. 305-311), Gold Aureus, 5.49g, 6h.Mint of Aquileia.Struck A.D. 305-306.MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, head of Maximian facing right, laureate. Rev. HERCVLI COMITI AVGG NOSTR, Hercules standing facing, his head turned left, holding a branch in his extended right hand and his club and lion's skin in his left, A Q in exergue (RIC 46b (cf. RIC 3, Maximian); Calicó 4904 (this coin) (cf. 4650, Maximian); C 232 (Maximian)).Broad flan, lustrous, extremely fine, an attractive example.Very rare.
Ex Leu Numismatik, Auction 18, Zürich, 5 May 1977, lot 387 (attributed to Maximian)
Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA, Auction 4, Geneva, 11 December 2006, lot 257
Part of the Aurora Collection.

Estimate: US$ 10,000
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