Details
LOT 3732
Time of Maximinus II BI Quarter Nummus. AD 310-313. Antioch mint. 'Persecution Issue'.
4th(?) officina. IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter seated on throne to left, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm branch; Δ(?) in right field; ANT in exergue. McAlee 171; Van Heesch, Last 2. Near Very Fine.(1.87gr, 14mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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