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LOT 3076
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 293-305.
Aquileia mint; struck circa AD 300. 3rd officina. MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SACRA MONETA AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 30b. Near Extremely Fine.(8.84gr, 27 mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection;
Property of a Norwich, UK, collector.
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