From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008. Lot # 498 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$10000 / Price Realized: US$8000 Maximianus. (286-305 AD). Gold aureus (5.46 gm). Cyzicus, 291 AD. MAXIMIANVS—AVGVSTVS, head laureate left / CONSVL III P P PROCOS, emperor, togate and radiate, seated left on curule chair, holding Victory on globe and short scepter. Depeyrot 11/7 (p. 135, 19 specimens). RIC 610 (R3, misattributed to Antioch). Calico 4624 (this coin). Cohen 79 (citing Vienna, 200 Fr.). Virtually mint state. The figure of the emperor on the reverse is clearly wearing a radiate crown, an interesting fact not mentioned in any of the catalogues we consulted. © 2005-2008 Gemini, LLC | Email: info@geminiauction.com Gemini Auctions' results, text and images are re-used by the kind permission of: Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com)