Details
LOT 3531
Maximian BI Nummus. Struck AD 298-303. Thessalonica mint. 2nd officina.
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; •TSB• in exergue. RIC VI 21b. Near Very Fine.(9.69gr, 28mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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