Details
LOT 3230
Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 305-309.
Aquileia mint; struck AD 305-306. 3rd officina. MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding sceptre over his right shoulder and shield on his left / VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN, Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 71b; Paolucci 141. Near Very Fine.(7.12gr, 29mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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