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                        Lot: 452

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                        ROMAN EMPIRE: Maximian (first reign). AD 286-305. AV 
                        aureus (5.17 gm).

                        ROMAN EMPIRE. Maximian (first reign, AD 286-305). Gold 
                        aureus (5.17 gm). Antioch, AD 290. MAXIMIANVS AVG COS 
                        III P P, laureate bust left, wearing consular robes and 
                        holding eagle-tipped scepter in right hand / HERCVLI 
                        VLTORI, Hercules standing left, laureate, nude except 
                        for lion skin draped over left shoulder, holding club 
                        and apples of the Hesperides, SMA in exergue, value mark 
                        X (= 60) in left field. Calicó 4666a (this coin cited 
                        and illustrated, R5). Depeyrot 5/2, pl. 20 (Budapest, 
                        same obverse die). Exceedingly rare: the second known 
                        specimen after the one in Budapest, which is pierced and 
                        worn. Nearly mint state 

                        Ex NAC 21, 17 May 2001, lot 552; ex Leu 59, 17 May 1994, 
                        lot 329. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 14,000 




...Sold for $13,000 USD [ approx 9880 EUR, 6890 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

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