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LOT 3364
Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 286. IMP C VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Hercules standing to right, leaning on club placed on rock and holding lion skin; D to left. RIC V 437; Cohen 565; Bastien 67. Good Very Fine.(3.99gr, 22mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
