Gemini III, January 9th, 2007

Lot # 486 
Price Realized: US$ 3,750 
Magnus Maximus. Silver light miliarense 

(4.40 gm). 
Trier. D N MAG MAX – IMVS P F AVG, draped, cuirassed bust right, 
seen from front, wearing pearl diadem / VIRTVS EXERCITVS, emperor, 
in military dress, standing right, head left, holding labarum with 
hook on staff in right hand and resting left hand on shield, TRPS in 
exergue. RIC 82, Cohen 19 (300 Fr.). Head of emperor flatly struck 
on reverse. Extremely fine. 

The hook on the labarum shaft, a handle for removing it after 
implanting it in the ground, is unusual on this miliarense. The BM 
specimen illustrated in RIC omits the hook, as do the four specimens 
shown in Berk photofile. 

      © 2006 Gemini, LLC

  ... Lot 486 sold for high bid of $3750 [ $4312.5, or approx 3333.5625 EUR, 2199.375 GBP inc 15% buyers fee.] 

Re-used by permission of Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com) and Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com)