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LOT 3361
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 286-305.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 290-291. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre surmounted by Victory / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at foot; A in exergue. RIC V.2 384. Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.(4.10gr, 23mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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