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LOT 3729
Mamiminus II BI Nummus. AD 310. Antioch mint.
5th officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius, nude but for chlamys, standing facing, head to left, holding patera from which liquor flows over lighted altar in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; star in left field, Є in right field; ANT in exergue. RIC VI 133c. Near Very Fine.(7.10gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3729
Mamiminus II BI Nummus.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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