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LOT 2843
Sold for (Inc. bp): £666
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Maximianus - AE Genio Follis (Unpublished) 301-306 A.D.
Lyons mint. Obv: IMP C MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right, holding spear pointing forwards in right hand and shield on left arm. Rev: GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI, Genius standing left by altar, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae, officina letter A in right field, mintmark PLC in exergue. 9.35 grams, 29 mm.
Good very fine. Very rare. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector.
PUBLISHED:
See wildwinds.com, this coin.
LITERATURE:
RIC 82 var. Unpublished. Obverse legend var of Bastien Lyon Supp. 143a; Gricourt 7 in RNBelge 1982 and NotInRIC 6-2764. (all with IMP C MAXIMIANVS P AVG.) Rare.
Confirmed as unpublished by Lech Stępniewski of NotInRic.
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