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LOT 3363
Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Rome mint; struck AD 285-286. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; XXIA in exergue. RIC V.2 506. Extremely Fine. Double struck.(3.51gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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