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LOT 3428
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar before. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. Very Fine.(2.71gr, 20mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
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