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LOT 3011
Maximian BI Nummus. Circa AD 297-298. Rome mint. 4th officina.
IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, the Genius of the Roman people standing facing, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left; R S in fields, Δ in exergue. RIC 71b corr. Near Very Fine.(9.79gr, 26mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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