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LOT 3180
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-238.
Rome mint; struck AD 235-236. IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar before. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. Fleur De Coin. Beautiful deep old cabinet tone.(3.25gr, 21mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Beaussant Lefevre, 16 March 2011, no.75.
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